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Originally Posted by PepsiFree
And people are wondering why the imaginary line between where you can carry a firearm for wildlife protection and where you can’t exists where it does. Saying “nobody is forced to cross the line” doesn’t answer the question.
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You're thinking about this backwards. The question should be "why the hell do we allow carrying firearms on the other side of the line". Probably because it makes hunting laws/enforcement easier, and because Mini-Texas syndrome.
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Originally Posted by PepsiFree
So, the people in charge of conserving wildlife can kill wildlife and that’s understandable, but people who are attacked by wildlife… can’t… because we need to conserve the wildlife that conservation officers are going to kill because they attacked a person… got it.
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Yeah no ####.
Joe Blow with his gun and bear spray that gets jumpy around wildlife is going to reach for his gun and blast the poor critter in the face first, because he doesn't know what he's doing.
Conservation officers are trained professionals, and have taken courses and training to know when to reach for the bear spray (which they also carry) or the gun. They are also the ones called in to deal with aggressive/problem animals, and face disproportionate encounters with problem animals compared to those of us out there in our full Patagonia kit. If everyone has to go through the same vetting and training as conservation officers before they can carry a gun, and are subject to the same loss of income for doing it wrong, ok, maybe.
Otherwise you're just saying this is what you want:
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