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In reply to the discussion: Why is hunting so sacred? [View all]cvoogt
(949 posts)I am not a hunter, but lots of people care about hunting and I see nothing wrong with that. In some ways those who hunt (and eat what they kill) are being more honest about what they consume than those who buy meat in the store and never stop to think where that meat came from. At least the animal killed cleanly in the wild led a decent life, and wasn't killed on a factory farm.
I think any sort of ban should start by banning AR-15s. I see no issue with hunting rifles other than requiring stricter mental health screening and backgrounds checks. Machine guns are already illegal. Six-shooters are everywhere but same as hunting rifles should come with stricter background checks / mental health screening. I'd love to ban those too, but let's be realistic; I think a more politically palatable approach would be to make biometric ID (i.e. fingerprint activation) mandatory on new weapons; it won't stop suicides but can prevent a lot of accidents. AR-15s are the biggest problem in terms of school shootings, and it's really flared up since the AWB was overturned in 2004. Reinstating that would be a good start.