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Bonhomme Richard

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2. Notice that when hunting leveled off then.....

Reply to trailmonkee (Original post)

Fri Feb 22, 2013, 01:44 PM

Feb 2013

began to drop coincides nicely with the NRA's time frame when they moved away from safety and hunting animals to pushing weapons to hunt people. If you can create enough fear that is a huge market. It was the only way to increase gun sales.

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MoJo: More Americans 'Watch' Birds Than Hunt [View all] trailmonkee Feb 2013 OP

Many parks, management areas, state forests are financially supoorted by hunters & fishers... Eleanors38 Feb 2013 #1

The fees from the hunting licenses pay for managing and enforcing the hunting laws. FSogol Feb 2013 #4

Oh, they do in Texas. And "management" pays for habitat protection for all species. Eleanors38 Feb 2013 #6

Notice that when hunting leveled off then..... Bonhomme Richard Feb 2013 #2

Most Of Our Resident Gun Enthusiasts Aren't Hunters. Paladin Feb 2013 #3

Not surprising, given that six times as many people own guns than hunt, Peter cotton Feb 2013 #5