California to ban hunting over Internet

Ernesto

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Fri May-06-05 03:46 PM
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California to ban hunting over Internet

Texas... stay away from my state! You've "helped" us enough already!
SACRAMENTO, California (AP) -- Wildlife regulators took the first step Tuesday to bar hunters from using the Internet to shoot animals, responding to a Texas Web site that planned to let users fire at real game with the click of a mouse

http://www.cnn.com/2005/TECH/internet/05/04/internet.hunting.ap/index.html

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libertypirate

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Fri May-06-05 03:52 PM
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1. I am not one to talk against people who kill animals

avid hunter myself. This is taking the responsibility of handling weapons out of the hands of people; not a good thing.

Democracy should not mean lack of responsibility that's just being a republican. Morality but no responsibility how does that equal liberty?

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neuvocat

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Fri May-06-05 03:57 PM
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3. So let me get this straight...

you can literally gun down an animal over the internet? Or is it just a video game?

<Not meaning to be obtuse.>

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MisterP

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Fri May-06-05 04:07 PM
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5. yup: actual guns wired up with trigger and aiming servos

my governor did a movie about this!

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DrDebug

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Fri May-06-05 03:54 PM
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2. I don't get it.

You sit behind the computer - with your six pack and the photo of * above your screen of course - and then you see the real wildlife and if you pull the guns shoots.

Is that the idea? Goddamn. What has this world become!

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Jack_DeLeon

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Fri May-06-05 04:05 PM
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4. I doubt this will do anything...

Edited on Fri May-06-05 04:07 PM by Jack_DeLeon

doesnt California have real problems to solve?

How exactly would they "enforce" this law? Its not like state officials in California or anywhere else in the US can know what websites you go to or not.

Personally though I dont see the point of interweb hunting, I dont hunt, I do like to shoot though, however I would think the point of really hunting would be to actually be out int he wilderness and even to actually eat the meat later. If you are going to use a computer to hunt some animal in some ranch somewhere without any of the real experience might as well install one of those deer hunter video games or something.

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DrDebug

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Fri May-06-05 04:09 PM
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6. That's not the point

The government can't even stop spam and I think that's the first thing on the internet which needs change and quick as well. Even an unlisted never published email address of mine now gets 5/6 spams/day <GGGGGRRRR>

But it's the idea which counts!

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Jack_DeLeon

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Fri May-06-05 04:11 PM
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7. so whats the point of this?

spam is obviously harmful, but whats wrong with this?

Granted I think hunting real animals online is "weird," in much the same way I think people who hook up with people they meet online are "wierd," but I dont necessarily think its "wrong."

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DrDebug

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Fri May-06-05 04:16 PM
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9. I don't really like people hunting animals for fun

And the idea of doing it from behind the computer is even more scary. It becomes just a game. Pow! Another deer dead! Pow! Another squirrel hits the bucket! It's sick!

And unlike in reality you don't have to see the animal in the face and see it fall down.

I find it disgusting quite honest. And the risk of something going wrong is many times higher. Pow! Oops, we just hit a child playing in that forest. Never saw him...

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MazeRat7

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Fri May-06-05 04:13 PM
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8. Internet hunting banned in Texas

Edited on Fri May-06-05 04:16 PM by MazeRat7

http://www.news8austin.com/content/your_news/?SecID=278&ArID=134918

I would hope California follows our lead.

MZr7

edit: HB 391 will ban hunting state wide if the hunter is not physically present. For now it is only banned in the Parks. HB391 has wide support and is expected to pass.

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