Young Guns
Animal rights activists quietly passed out a flier with punch Tuesday.
Adorned with a cartoon of Vice President Dick Cheney holding a smoking gun with a bubble over his head -- "Gosh, I coulda sworn you were a Democrat!" -- the slip of paper takes on Clearfield Rep. Curt Oda's
legislation to lower the age for hunting.
One bill would eliminate the 12 year age limit for hunting small game, essentially allowing parents to decide when their children can tromp through the woods carrying a gun. The other lowers the age for hunting big game like deer and elk from 14 years-old to 12 years-old.
Apparently animal-rights activists decided to give humor a try after watching rallies by gay-straight alliance clubs and low-income protests fail to sway lawmakers.
"They will lead to more hunting accidents, which will give the animals more of a fighting chance!" the flier said. "If the Senate passes these bills this week, it'll put loaded guns in the hands of kids of all ages. If the Vice President of the United States could hospitalize one hunter, imagine how many a 10 year old could take out?
"This message brought to you by 'Quails for Cheney'."
Make sure you wear your day-glo orange next fall. There just might be a 5-year-old with a shotgun behind that bush.
-- Rebecca Walsh
Adorned with a cartoon of Vice President Dick Cheney holding a smoking gun with a bubble over his head -- "Gosh, I coulda sworn you were a Democrat!" -- the slip of paper takes on Clearfield Rep. Curt Oda's
legislation to lower the age for hunting.
One bill would eliminate the 12 year age limit for hunting small game, essentially allowing parents to decide when their children can tromp through the woods carrying a gun. The other lowers the age for hunting big game like deer and elk from 14 years-old to 12 years-old.
Apparently animal-rights activists decided to give humor a try after watching rallies by gay-straight alliance clubs and low-income protests fail to sway lawmakers.
"They will lead to more hunting accidents, which will give the animals more of a fighting chance!" the flier said. "If the Senate passes these bills this week, it'll put loaded guns in the hands of kids of all ages. If the Vice President of the United States could hospitalize one hunter, imagine how many a 10 year old could take out?
"This message brought to you by 'Quails for Cheney'."
Make sure you wear your day-glo orange next fall. There just might be a 5-year-old with a shotgun behind that bush.
-- Rebecca Walsh
1 Comments:
I would like to look at the proposed legislation to lower the age of prospective hunters. Could you post the link?
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