States seek to end Sunday hunting bans

[The Straight Story]

ASHEVILLE, N.C. — Lawmakers and hunting advocates in North Carolina and three other states are working to change “blue laws” that ban hunting on Sunday.

Eleven states prohibit the sport on Sunday, most for long-standing religious reasons, including Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Virginia and West Virginia, according to the Coalition to Lift State Bans on Sunday Hunting. Discussions are also underway in Connecticut, Massachusetts and West Virginia to change that.

In North Carolina, the law has been on the books since 1896 and has its roots in religious observance, much like the state’s ban on selling alcohol before noon on Sunday.

Supporters of Sunday hunting say property rights are increasingly behind changes to the laws.

“We are in a situation where a lot of people are being told what to do on their private land and I think that is where the issue comes in,” said Jake McGuigan, director of government relations and state affairs at the National Shooting Sports Foundation in Connecticut.

http://www.thetowntalk.com/article/20130429/SPORTS/304290023/States-seek-end-Sunday-hunting-bans

[byeya]

1. Having no hunting on Sundays is especially important for those who want to enjoy a National

Forest without fearing for their lives from slob hunters. Do what you want on private property but please keep hunters out of federal areas on Sundays.

[badtoworse]

5. What's a "slob hunter"?

[mwrguy]

7. A slob who hunts.

[MineralMan]

2. Those laws were written so the animals could go to church

without being shot. That's my story, and I'm sticking to it.

[RebelOne]

3. Well, if it was up to me, I would ban hunting 7 days a week. n/t

[alp227]

4. What about people who hunt to survive? n/t

[Joseph Ledger]

6. Good. Get rid of all blue laws, this one included.

[1-Old-Man]

8. They put it to a vote here (WV) a couple of years ago, the people said No.

During hunting seasons its nice to have at least one day out of the week when every idiot with a gun isn't out in the woods banging away just for the pure hell of hearing a gun go off.