RE: What do you think about gun control?
February 9, 2022 at 1:27 pm
(This post was last modified: February 9, 2022 at 1:31 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
A contemporary hunter and a paleolithic hunter would probably pick similar hides if they could. A place you can run down game is going to be a pretty damned good place to shoot them from too. Ironically, you'll find that there's alot more control over those old methods of hunting, in the us, than of our new method.
If I had to toss a guess out there - I'd say bowhunting goes away before rifles do. Not just because of that historic trend - but because well intentioned (I think..misguided) people can easily apply the justifications for prohibitions on pit traps and spears and any number of projectiles to bows. Rifles, otoh, cannot be maintained to be both lethal and dangerous in the case of humans, but not sufficiently lethal or dangerous in the case of wild animals - such that it becomes a welfare issue. As just one very prevalent example.
If I had to toss a guess out there - I'd say bowhunting goes away before rifles do. Not just because of that historic trend - but because well intentioned (I think..misguided) people can easily apply the justifications for prohibitions on pit traps and spears and any number of projectiles to bows. Rifles, otoh, cannot be maintained to be both lethal and dangerous in the case of humans, but not sufficiently lethal or dangerous in the case of wild animals - such that it becomes a welfare issue. As just one very prevalent example.
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