kansasbowman - 
Button Buck
kansas
 | | 01/31/2009 7:33 AM |
| | I came from Minnesota where they still have a gun case law and they are now thinking about going to a no case law. The DNR does not like the idea do to hunting accidents. I live in kansas and I have a bunch of friends from North Dakota that hunt with the no case law and I dont seem to hear about many hunting accidents in these states. I think its the hunter that is unsafe not the case. What do you all think? | | | |
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rebel deer hunter -
Record Book
florida
| | 02/06/2009 2:52 PM |
| | what do you mean by case law? you have to have the gun in a case while you hunt? or you have to have it in a case at home? | |
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kansasbowman -
Button Buck
kansas
| | 02/07/2009 9:53 AM |
| | I mean case laws while hunting or transporting firearms. Sorry if it was not clear what I was trying to state. | | | |
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rebel deer hunter -
Record Book
florida
| | 02/07/2009 7:32 PM |
| | I keep mine in a case while driving out to were im hunting so it doesnt get banged around and keeps it and the scope safe, I dont think it should be a law thought | |
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Dakota Danny -
4-Pointer
| | 02/08/2009 1:09 PM |
| I think Minnesota has a particularly strict case law. I've never read up on it, but the guys I hunt with have always had their gun cased inside a vehicle. That could mean the ride across the field to pick-up someone's downed deer.
For the most part I agree with that kind of rules. It does a few things that you're not considering:
1. Safety - obviously seen here
2. Protect wildlife - such strict rules with stiff penalties prevent people from shooting from vehicles. Those who are "road hunting" are violating the law just by riding with a vehicle open in plain sight
3. image- cased vehicles will help promote the image of hunting as a field sport. Not a bunch of mercenary looking fellows in the back of the truck waiting to shoot anything that moves. Imagine 10 hunters with guns out in the open...to the hunting indifferent, this looks menacing. You may be the safest 10 people, but with camo and guns at the ready, you could easily look like trouble.
That's my thought. Even when law isn't required, keep the guns up... | | | |
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Kmehaffey -
4-Pointer
Millersville Pa.
| | 02/08/2009 2:00 PM |
| | #3 is stereotyping,and that aint right, just ask a person of color ! Road hunters aren't hunters ,they are slobs and do more to hurt the image of True ethical hunters than an uncased firearm ! | | | |
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Dakota Danny -
4-Pointer
| | 02/08/2009 11:12 PM |
| kmehaffey,
a case law makes it more difficult for big-game road hunters to operate. That was my point.
I feel as people who hunt, our weapons should be put away when we enter a vehicle or go into town. An uncased firearm in public would make it difficult to discern the difference between an ethical hunter with an uncased firearm, and a road hunter. Whether it is right or not, I feel a positive image of this sport is necessary. The people in town aren't out in the field to see our actions, they see camoflage and weapons.
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FinishCharlie -
Button Buck
Belton, Mo
| | 09/03/2009 12:53 AM |
| | I've known a few "road hunters" here in Missouri and I think a case law would be a good thing here just to prevent that if nothing else. | |
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pinetree -
4-Pointer
FAIRHOPE ALABAMA
| | 10/23/2009 2:38 PM |
| | if they are not worried about getting cought shooting a deer at night or off the road then they sure are not worried about getting cought with a gun out of a case......... | |
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JBinMontana -
Button Buck
NW Montana
| | 10/31/2009 7:15 AM |
| | Here in Montana, there is no such law, but I make it a policy that anyone getting into my truck unloads the chamber of any rifle. My truck, my policy and those that don't abide by it walk or drive their own. | |
JB
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rossnov09 -
Button Buck
USA
| | 11/07/2009 5:10 AM |
| Hello, can you explian it in detail that what type of gun case you have. south carolina hunting | | | |
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Rugermk2 -
Button Buck
| | 11/07/2009 6:46 PM |
| Hi all, Illinois has a law that requires you to have your gun in a case that is zipped, or buckled at all times while in a vehicle. Furthermore, the gun has to be unloaded. Where people get off thinking it is going to help stop poaching is beyond me. By the time you get pulled over, the gun could already be unloaded and case zipped like its supposed to be. If people want to poach, a law that says you have to have your firearm zipped or "cased" isnt going to make a difference. They probably don't care, and more than likely wouldn't do it in the wide open for everyone to see anyways. I think it should be up to the hunter, not some politician, or "lawmakers" who have probably never shot a gun let alone know how to use one. Just my 2 cents! I abide by the law just because I don't feel like getting a fine over something as stupid as a gun in a case. | | | |
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