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Oh Really!!??? A Three Shell Limit for Duck Hunting... WTF!!??

I just heard something on the Thom Hartman show that really, really, really bothered me.

A caller asked Mr. Hartman if he was familiar with the 3-shot duck plug rule. Mr. Hartman said that he didn't hunt so he wasn't familiar with hunting rules and regulations.

Apparently the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service has the following rule:

No person shall take migratory game birds: With a shotgun capable of holding more than three shells, unless it is plugged with a one-piece filler, incapable of removal without disassembling the gun, so its total capacity does not exceed three shells.

In deference to waterfowl, hunters are only allowed three shots because the birds would probably be out of the kill-range of the shotgun blast after 3 shots.

I typed the following in my browser:  (Why is there a 3 shot duck plug rule?) 

and the following was one of the answers;

 ....in the land of the free we think conservation is a good thing. The 3 shot cap for sporting guns gives a little edge to the birds we hunt. Makes it sporting... rather than laying down a anti-aircraft barrage when a bird passes by.

So what does that this about us? Out of our concern over “sportsmanship” duck hunters can only take 3 shots before they have to reload. But a paranoid concern over protecting ourselves and our 2^nd amendment rights somehow makes it ok for some HUNTERS/SPORTSMEN/GUN ENTHUSIANTS to own a semi-automatic gun with a 110 round magazine.

I don’t know, but if you need more than 10 shots to protect yourself you should either: 1) get your eyes examined or 2) move to a safer neighborhood…

Call your representatives and urge them to back the Senate bill introduced by Sen. Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ) and the House bill introduced by Rep Carolyn McCarthy (D-NY) & Diana DeGette (D-Co) that would prohibit the manufacturing of high-capacity magazines.  

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Melt The Guns by XTC 1982   After thirty years, this song is still relevant. 

Or Lynard Skynyrd's "Saturday Night Special" from 1976
Hand guns are made for killin'  
Ain't no good for nothin' else 
And if you like your whiskey 
You might even shoot yourself 
So why don't we dump 'em people 
To the bottom of the sea 
Before some fool come around here 
Wanna shoot either you or me

Follow Up On "It's A Wonderful Life"

In a follow-up to my last post  here a few of the things that I have read about so far this week:

From the New York Times

With Carbon Dioxide Emissions at Record High, Worries on How to Slow Warming

In a nutshell although world leaders agree that steps to reduce harmful emissions need to be implemented, but little has actually been done to meet these goals.

From the Washington Post:

Fossil-Fuel Subsidies of Rich Nations Five Times Climate Aid

According to “Oil Change International” industrialized countries subsidized fossil-fuel industries five times greater than climate-aid efforts

On the positive side of this issue:

From Businessweek:

Obama Plans for Climate Deal as Fiscal Cliff Talks Rage

Although the Obama failed to implement a cap-and-trade program as promised in his 1^st term in office, the administration has set forth new greenhouse-gas rules for vehicles and power plants. The use of renewable power has doubled and Obama has also made a call for 80% of electricity in the US to come from “clean energy” by 2035

From The Guardian:

US government announces opening of Atlantic coast for offshore windfarms

For the first time the US is to offer offshore leases for windfarms

On the Fiscal Cliff Front:

1)The GOP is still insisting that the deficit can be closed by closing nebulous tax loopholes and the improving economy would provide additional tax revenues.

2)Taking a lesson straight from Hollywood Grover Norquist is calling for a Tea Party II