Dominoe Effect Begins On Banning Hunting
Last week I posted that the Michigan Supreme Court ruled 4-3 to uphold a ban by the city of Saginaw on discharging any type of weapon in the city limits. I also voiced my concerns of this type of ban catching on, eliminating hunting land in more rural towns. Well, the dominoe effect I feared seems to have already begun.
A few things really bother me about this new case of the town of Canton considering enacting a similar law. The one that stands out the most is the fact that the DNR (Department of Natural Resources) has already closed portions of land within the Canton town limits because of safety concerns, but town officials aren’t happy with that. This makes it seem that instead of actual legitimate safety concerns, unfounded safety concerns are being used to accomplish what the non-hunting public wants to see happen—a ban on hunting.
Lt. Sherry Chandler of the DNR Law Enforcement Division stated that to get the desired no hunting decision “the area would have to show “substantial changes” in regard to safety issues to produce a different outcome.”
“It’s going to take major development in the southwest portion to get those areas closed.”
This quote, by someone named Yack (? The first time the name was mentioned in the original article so it’s unclear exactly who this is), seems to indicate that the area in question is unpopulated enough that legitimate safety concerns aren’t an issue and the fact is something they are aware of. That is enough for me to believe the statement I made above about this being a way to accomplish what the non-hunting public wants to see happen isn’t that far fetched.
What do you think?
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