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In reply to the discussion: Many people in this country hunt to live [View all]Tuesday Afternoon
(56,912 posts)278. dude, don't bring Bambi into this - it will really cause an uproar. Bambi, omg!!
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Whether someone owns a gun is a more powerful predictor of a person’s political party--NATE SILVER
MightyMopar
Jan 2013
#87
So you're picking Republican biased Gallup over Nate Silver after the last election? Hilarious
MightyMopar
Jan 2013
#158
You clearly meant to reply to the person I was replying to, not to me. I support hunting.
peacebird
Jan 2013
#219
I was just reading on diets and how frybread came into tradition. And food deserts= no fresh produce
KittyWampus
Jan 2013
#242
Some rural hunters don't understand - or care - "city folks" aren't into walking around in public
Hoyt
Jan 2013
#109
thank you for that astute and well composed post. and the lovely pictures. you are a credit and an
Tuesday Afternoon
Jan 2013
#110
Until rural people start caring about the majority in of the rest of the country
MightyMopar
Jan 2013
#161
Most of my food is homegrown or local.... Exception for citrus, which my brother sends me from his
peacebird
Jan 2013
#174
If all you do is hunt animals, great. If you accumulate assault weapons or carry in public, that's
Hoyt
Jan 2013
#199
some city folk don't understand...or care..that we rural folk stock meat by hunting
backwoodsbob
Jan 2013
#182
When you go to town, do you carry. What are you hunting or expect to run into, backwoodsbob?
Hoyt
Jan 2013
#201
This city dweller knows the difference between a hunting rifle and an assault weapon
LonePirate
Jan 2013
#151
feel free to go educate them. you might want to use the correct term however:
Tuesday Afternoon
Jan 2013
#156
Most gun control measures being discussed would do nothing to prevent the use of guns for "living
Squinch
Jan 2013
#271
Purchasing food, meat or vegetables, means someone has killed animals for that purchase...
Eleanors38
Jan 2013
#160
Yep. It's called economical, light-on-the-land living. Been doing it for years.
Eleanors38
Jan 2013
#162
People should not need to deforest and soak the ground with fertilizers to eat
NoOneMan
Jan 2013
#68
In another thread someone said she was getting cut off food stamps because she couldn't get
dkf
Jan 2013
#36
Not really a few years ago I was so broke I only made enough to pay my bills I applied
Arcanetrance
Jan 2013
#121
It's not a lie. There are a few radicals in our midst who would ban all firearms.
slackmaster
Jan 2013
#57
Wow. You're still taking their post out of context. Even after attempts to correct you. n/t
Tempest
Jan 2013
#60
Your silly rationalization doesn't change the reality that the individual would ban ALL firearms
slackmaster
Jan 2013
#62
At least you admit you took the poster's comment out of context by your silence.
Tempest
Jan 2013
#72
I took nothing out of context. The poster I pointed out would ban all firearms with no exceptions.
slackmaster
Jan 2013
#76
Sorry, but the pages in DU (in & out of the Gungeon) over the last 2 wks indicate otherwise. nt
Eleanors38
Jan 2013
#168
How about a post claiming that rural people don't have a clue about poverty or hunger
yewberry
Jan 2013
#152
Hmm, I just posted that since Dec of 2012, crossbows are now illegal in NY State.
KittyWampus
Jan 2013
#341
K/R. I'm afraid that many who support taxes, confiscatio etc., don't have a clue about rural folks.
NYC_SKP
Jan 2013
#5
I haven't seen hunting rifles mentioned, but then I don't know the acronyms.
Frustratedlady
Jan 2013
#75
Almost every hunting firearm commonly used is derived directly from a military design. n/t
PavePusher
Jan 2013
#246
Sure. However, your example is pointless in the "hunt to live" discussion...
Earth_First
Jan 2013
#56
do you want to force people to only eat food from stores? I prefer to eat wild game and local fish.
Tuesday Afternoon
Jan 2013
#29
I am fine with you being an herbivore. Are you OK with me being a carnivore?
Tuesday Afternoon
Jan 2013
#41
sorry. did not mean to offend. asking questions is all. I will unrec.
Tuesday Afternoon
Jan 2013
#89
Most of the families we knew in WV would home can the venison they caught.
FedUpWithIt All
Jan 2013
#101
Used freezers and fridges can be quite cheap, especially if you do your own repairs.
PavePusher
Jan 2013
#248
I will feel safer while out hunting for my food if no one in the woods has an AR-15.
Coyotl
Jan 2013
#47
I can't think of any place it's legal to hunt dear with a 30-round magazine.
PavePusher
Jan 2013
#249
The issue per the OP is "All this talk of taxing weapons and ammo, or taxing owners..."
slackmaster
Jan 2013
#71
Since the OP was about hunting, but now is drifting into gun-control politics...
Eleanors38
Jan 2013
#211
Well thanks for links that indicate nothing other than "there exist some people who might be
Warren Stupidity
Jan 2013
#141
Who cares! They don't vote for us for a bunch of issues and we can win elections without them
MightyMopar
Jan 2013
#165
Who is more important city people or rurals? Both, but city people vote for us and rurals vote Puke
MightyMopar
Jan 2013
#169
Part of the reason the south has so much power is because the rest of the nation subsidizes them
MightyMopar
Jan 2013
#183
20 out of the top 25 taker states voted for Romney & 2 of the 5 that voted Obama have Puke governor
MightyMopar
Jan 2013
#234
Though I'm not sure the number is accurate, still, isn't .1% about 350,000 people?
hughee99
Jan 2013
#228
No the suggestion is that .1% of the population should not be claimed as "many".
Warren Stupidity
Jan 2013
#281
Why does someone from those areas need to come to CT and shoot the kids in a CT School?
graham4anything
Jan 2013
#81
I use a shotgun and have never had a problem hitting what I aim at or killing with one shot.
appleannie1
Jan 2013
#107
Usually takes me one round. Plus scores more for practice, so I can use one round.
Eleanors38
Jan 2013
#225
which is quite different than "had to hunt to put food on the table". nt.
Warren Stupidity
Jan 2013
#135
Deer meat has become a big component of food banks due to Hunters for the Hungry...
Eleanors38
Jan 2013
#224
Hunting is big business for gun manufacturers. ACTUAL FACTS ACTUAL DATA.
Warren Stupidity
Jan 2013
#134
They are not at all equivalent to "a 105mm tank". And they are quite legal in many states.
PavePusher
Jan 2013
#312
I'm not aware of any state that allows hunting of deer, or any non-pest game...
PavePusher
Jan 2013
#335
Ammo, guns, fishing supplies and motorboat fuel are additionally taxed since the 30s...
Eleanors38
Jan 2013
#220
No but some use detachable magazine fed semi automatics in a variety of calibers
ProgressiveProfessor
Jan 2013
#214
"Need"? No, but they are well suited to the task and in common usage for it.
PavePusher
Jan 2013
#256
So you don't know. Got it. Legislation based on ignorance always serves us well doesn't it?
PavePusher
Jan 2013
#296
One need not hold an advanced degree in a subject in order to be informed on it.
PavePusher
Jan 2013
#311
The gun-controllers WILL HIJACK this thread, then blame you for it. SOP. nt
Eleanors38
Jan 2013
#227
my BIL hunts with a bow. He pays for the (considerable) expense by teaching others how
librechik
Jan 2013
#200
Which is why, as anti-gun as I am, I am willing in my desired endstate to allow single shot rifles.
stevenleser
Jan 2013
#203
Please provide credible data quantifying the many people that depend on hunting for survival.
Warren Stupidity
Jan 2013
#260
No you have provided exactly zero evidence that quantifies the extent of subsistence hunting.
Warren Stupidity
Jan 2013
#270
Nothing. Which is why I have repeatedly asked the ops of assertions of "many" subsistence
Warren Stupidity
Jan 2013
#322
Wayne Pacelle of the Humane Society of the U.S. (a virulently anti-hunting organization) was asked..
Eleanors38
Jan 2013
#233
dude, don't bring Bambi into this - it will really cause an uproar. Bambi, omg!!
Tuesday Afternoon
Jan 2013
#278
How about we ban the assault weapons and the high capacity magazines.
Warren DeMontague
Jan 2013
#295
Roadkill, snares, traps, fishing poles. Guns aren't the only way to get cheap protein.
Dems to Win
Jan 2013
#299