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[Shortsocks]

Originally Posted by jmoore

oh boy.


it only took 24 posts to get here.

It's going to happen.

This is a very hot topic thing, but I'm 99% sure that even anti gun activists aren't against family values. Spending time with ones kids going out hunting rabbits, doves......Jason is a super nice guy I can see why he would want to take his son out hunting. It's just a thing one does with their kid. In the USA, South America, Italy happens all around the world.

I bought my little brother a 22 rifle on his 11 year birthday. He shot it with me, maybe 6 times, and lost interest. I gave it ourlocal Boy Scout Troop a few years ago.

Good for you jmoore.

[93legendti]

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[93legendti]

Originally Posted by parallelfish

Because nobody has been able to figure out a way to live without eating.

Bingo.

[Gsinill]

Originally Posted by jmoore

it only took 24 posts to get here.

2 controversial topics (kids and guns / hunting) and you are surprised, really?

[lonoeightysix]

original post centered on upgrading a juvenile's rimfire rifle; nothing on pros/cons-plus/minus-right/wrong of game hunting.

just saying.

[Don49]

Originally Posted by Llewellyn

Indeed. Why would anyone want to kill anything. Disgusting.

Originally Posted by parallelfish

Because nobody has been able to figure out a way to live without eating.

Except for us vegans.

[fuzzalow]

Originally Posted by parallelfish

Because nobody has been able to figure out a way to live without eating.

And this conjures the image of a bunch of camo-clad hunters piling out of their 4X4 into the food mart at the Waa Waa while fueling up their trucks with high-test on the drive up to the hunting grounds.

Nobody hunts for daily livin' 'cos they gotta eat.

In fairness, most of the hunters I have ever known do not waste the meat from their successful trips. And many is the time they come home empty-handed. None that is hunted is endangered as a species and, like deer, the hunting serves to redress imbalances in the wild populations from the encroachment of residential development that skews the predator/prey balance.

I have no dog in this hunt! That's all for me on this one. See you at the next stop.

[parallelfish]

Originally Posted by Don49

Except for us vegans.

Vegans don't eat? This is news to me.

[Louis]

Originally Posted by Don49

Except for us vegans.

As best I can tell, most hunting is done for sport, so the argument also fails on that count, but yes, there's no reason you have to kill animals to survive. (but most people enjoy their steaks and burgers too much to even consider that as a potential solution)

[Louis]

Originally Posted by parallelfish

Vegans don't eat? This is news to me.

You learning something new everyday! You should give it a try sometime.

[parallelfish]

Originally Posted by fuzzalow

And this conjures the image of a bunch of camo-clad hunters piling out of their 4X4 into the food mart at the Waa Waa while fueling up their trucks with high-test on the drive up to the hunting grounds.

Nobody hunts for daily livin' 'cos they gotta eat.

In fairness, most of the hunters I have ever known do not waste the meat from their successful trips. And many is the time they come home empty-handed. None that is hunted is endangered as a species and, like deer, the hunting serves to redress imbalances in the wild populations from the encroachment of residential development that skews the predator/prey balance.

I have no dog in this hunt! That's all for me on this one. See you at the next stop.

I made no reference to hunting. Just that one has to kill to eat, whether you do it yourself, or pay someone to do it for you.

[parallelfish]

Originally Posted by Louis

You learning something new everyday! You should give it a try sometime.

I learned long ago living requires one to eat.

[Saint Vitus]

Originally Posted by Louis

You learning something new everyday! You should give it a try sometime.

I tried this today, I was ready to gnaw cardboard to satisfy my hunger...

[fuzzalow]

Originally Posted by parallelfish

I made no reference to hunting. Just that one has to kill to eat, whether you do it yourself, or pay someone to do it for you.

Oh. I was carrying on in the context of the OP and the conversation. I assumed you were doing the same. Your mental gymnastics are too fast for me, sorry.

Out.

[phcollard]

This reminds me when I was about your kid's age I killed a sparrow by accident when I was "playing" with my father's pellet gun. I was devastated and almost puked. It took me several days to get over it. That's another culture