Yeah, like the right to die at the hands of terrorists invaders. Dream on!

Bob Rickard


"Rich Conley" wrote in message
.. .
I'm sorry, but the republicans are taking way more rights away from us
right now
than the democrats could have ever dreamed.....

DMCA, Patriot Act, etc....

SimRacer wrote:

LOL! They come a running, throwing out their own rhetoric when someone
tries
to head them off at the pass. I love it. I think they should call this
move
pre-emptive democracy. They're trying to get a law in place before the
bleeding hearts can pass one banning it, and then the bleeding hearts
come
out and say 'our' ideas and movement ('our' being the hunters and
fisherman)
are silly and absurd. Maybe they should read some of their own PR before
they start casting stones. I love it when the Dems (most enviro types)
get a
taste of their own medicine and find it sour to the palette. Reaping
what
they've sewn IMHO....maybe they'll start actually coming up with ideas
about
leading for a change instead of ideas that will get them elected and
keep
them in power.

"Outdoors Magazine" wrote in message
et...
No Constitutional 'Right' To Hunt, Say Animal Advocates
by ANC Staff and The Fund for Animals

Posted on November 24, 2003

On November 18 the House Game and Fisheries Committee passed a joint
resolution (H.B. 1512) proposing to amend the state constitution to
grant
residents of Pennsylvania the 'right' to hunt.

The decision has provoked strong protest from The Fund for Animals, a
national animal protection organization with 9,000 members and active
supporters in Pennsylvania.

"The constitution is a sacred document which shouldn't be used as a
graffiti
wall for political rhetoric," The Fund's National Director, Heidi
Prescott,
said.

"To establish constitutional protections for recreational pursuits
such as
hunting is not only inappropriate, but redundant." she said. "Nearly a
million people already hunt in Pennsylvania without having that
'right'
enshrined in the constitution."

Prescott said the bill may expose the Pennsylvania Game Commission to
lawsuits from hunters who do not think any restriction on hunting is
reasonable - wanting larger bag limits, longer season dates, and
additional
species to shoot.

"If one special interest group is allowed to use the state
constitution
for
its purposes, the floodgates will be opened for other groups to
follow,"
said Prescott. "What's next? An amendment allowing the right to play
golf
or
go shopping?"

Only a handful of states across America have "right-to-hunt"
amendments in
their constitutions. Most states have rejected such measures.

"Legislators in most states - even major hunting states - have had the
common sense to defeat bills granting constitutional status to sport
hunting," said Prescott. "The citizens of Pennsylvania do not need to
add
a
silly provision protecting a recreational hobby."

Sources
The Fund for Animals
www.fund.org
November 18 Press Release


--
James Ehlers

Outdoors Magazine
www.outdoorsmagazine.net