Remember I said I don't hunt anymore and I haven't in 25 years. The guns I own are long guns that are too valuable to shoot. So I don't do either and my world woul;dn't be ruined if I never hunted or fired a gun again.

But:


New York state requires a hunter safety course at any age starting at 14 to get a hunting license. There are age requirements for small and big game tickets as well as regional requirements for which guns may be used in which zones. Some guns are deemed too small a caliber for safe and effective hunting in NYS. A .22 caliber rifle and.410 shotgun are not allowed in the field durning big game season. The reason is a .410 and the .22 hasn't the power to bring down a deer and the shot gun will chamber 30.06 round all tho' the bullet itself does tend to rattle around the barrell a might.

Other states necessarily don't have this requirements.

I see nothing wrong with requiering gun safety courses and refreshers as a requirement to gun ownership. Just as long as you aren't denied the right as a lawbiding United Statesian citizen to own a gun once the courses are passed.

BTW MMario, I have heard those same figures only in reverse from guys in the same uniform.. Maybe the forum is more important than the uniform when it comes to statistics.

Don