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In reply to the discussion: Many people in this country hunt to live [View all]matt819
(10,749 posts)Do you want to talk about rural poverty? Great. This issue is vast and goes well beyond hunting for food.
I understood the OP to be an offshoot of the gun control discussion, and my objection was that it's pointless. Yes. People hunt. OK. The OP loathes hunting. I'm not a fan, and since I eat meat I suppose loathing hunting is hypocritical. In either case, so what? No one is suggesting they stop hunting. No one is talking about banning hunting and demanding that all hunters switch to spears and bows. So, as a gun control matter, it's essentially irrelevant.
Again, if the issue is about rural poverty, or poverty generally, then that's a reasonable discussion. In this respect, we are seeing a surge in urban farming issues and even in urban hunting. Good subject for discussion.
Maybe I've missed the point. In any case, I'm going to bed.