Anti hunters ban duck and quail hunting in Australia

[jh45gun]

Many of you have probably heard that the anti-hunters have scored a victory in Australia.  The state of Queensland has banned duck and quail hunting, claiming that it is cruel to animals.  There’s a lesson here for American hunters.

 

Australia and America have quite a bit in common.  Both countries have large rural areas where hunting is common and densely populated areas where many people never get a chance to hunt.  Both countries also have an active anti-hunting movement.

 

Where the countries differ is that the gun banners in Australia have had quite a bit of success.  Gun ownership in Australia has become extremely difficult and the number of gun owners has dwindled as a result.  With fewer gun owners there are fewer hunters and the hunting itself is put in jeopardy.

 

The anti-hunters who banned hunting in Queensland claim two things.  First they claim that duck quail numbers are declining.  If this is true it is probably due to declining habitat much more than hunting.  As we’ve seen in this country the loss of suitable habitat has a far greater impact on game populations than regulated hunting ever could.  

 

Their second claim is that hunting is cruel.  They claim that wounding rates are unacceptably high and animals are forced to suffer.  If in fact wounding rates have increased, the answer is to relax restrictions on shooting ranges so that hunters can become better shots.  The truth really is that the claim about high wounding rates is an excuse used by those that hate all hunting.  They don’t want anyone to hunt anytime.

 

Mark my words this is a first step.  Today Australians have lost duck and quail hunting, the clock in now ticking on the rest of their hunting rights.  There is no way to predict what type of hunting will be next to go, but one thing is certain the next ban is just around the corner.

 

This ban in Queensland is the result of hunters becoming a political minority.  The anti-hunters in government feel that they can ban hunting with impunity because hunters can’t touch them at the ballot box.  It is a lesson America’s hunters should heed, we must stand together and make our voice heard.

[FWiedner]

I believe that the biggest difference between Australia and America is in the mindset that results from our vastly different heritage.

Ours is a nation where our ancestors came willingly to be free.

Theirs is a nation where their ancestors were forced to go to be prisoners.

I believe that difference might be best displayed in the fact that they just shut up and turned in their guns when their government said to do it.

They did as they were told, as they have been trained.

Until the socialists have complete control, I don't believe that would be the case here.

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[Nightrain52]

It's already to late here. Every year anti-gunners figure how to knock a chip out of the brick wall. Slowly the wall is going to crumble and fall. The Second amendment is constantly under attack from our own country- men all the way to the countries of the UN. Boys, we have already waited to long and at this stage the chances of it being reversed are slim to none. We are going to have to stop being democrat or republican and unite as American Sportsman under one banner and take the anti-gunners on at all levels. I shudder to think about what will happen if we ever lose the Second amendment fight. :eek:  :shock:  

[peakoftherut]

I think most of the big social changes that have taken place in this country in the last 30 years have come about because of a very small, but loud and politicly motivated group of people. Of course they had a lot of help from the Liberal mass media in this country. I think we are participating in one of the things that may eventually put a stop to there attempts to completely change our society. That is getting, and expressing our opinions on various forums and blogs. We have been able to catch big media in some of the lies it has always gotten away with telling. I don't think it's to late if sportsman start to get active, and remember to hang together, so we don't hang separately.