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In reply to the discussion: Many people in this country hunt to live [View all]matt819
(10,749 posts)Yes, you hunt. You may like it. You may even need to hunt for food. Great. Buy your rifle, or your bow, get a license, and go hunt. No one is stopping you. No one is taking your rifle away from you. I live in a rural area, and while I do not hunt, I realize that others do, and as long as they do not do this on my property, I don't begrudge them. Except for PETA members and some vegans, no one is arguing that you shouldn't hunt. Why do you need to keep pointing this out?
The issue is that you don't need an AR-15 or a Bushmaster or any variation of assault rifle to hunt. Or for target shooting. The only thing you need these weapons for is to hunt and kill people. In war zones. Not killing people? Not in a war zone? Then you don't need an assault rifle.
As for taxing weapons and ammunition, the fact is that everything should be on the table for discussion. As arguments are made for each proposal to exert at least some control on gun proliferation, some arguments are shelved. Maybe your argument against taxing ammo is valid. Maybe not. But, please, stop the "people hunt so don't take my gun away" argument.