Republicans support ban on hunting! (On Sunday)

[Ian David]

From: [e-mail] <[e-mail]>
{Christian Action League} Sunday Hunting is Wrong for North Carolina!!!

Sunday Hunting is Wrong for North Carolina!!!

Let Your Opposition Be Known!!!

Dear Friend of the Christian Action League of North
Carolina,

The N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission is holding its annual series of public hearings across the state this month, asking for public comments on an array of proposed changes to hunting, fishing and trapping regulations.

One matter of discussion taken up at these meetings is whether or not to amend, repeal or leave intact the existing ban on Sunday hunting. Jeff Springer, a friend of CAL and the pastor of Big Lick Baptist Church, attended a recent public hearing at South Stanley High School in Norwood. Springer said, “The majority that attend these meetings are for hunting on Sunday. As a pastor and a hunter, I am against this. I also feel that most people do not know that this is going on.” Springer is right. Proponents of Sunday hunting have been organized and working to change the law for some time, while likely opponents such as landowners, families, churches, and other individuals are completely unaware of the threat to their peaceful enjoyment of Sundays without hunting.

If concerned citizens, especially Christian people, don’t make their voices heard on this matter, the Wildlife Resources Commission will likely report to the legislature that there is little or no opposition, but instead strong support for repealing or amending the current ban on Sunday hunting. Legislation will later be introduced in the General Assembly to change the law.

Research provided by the N.C. Family Policy Council reveals there are important purposes served by the current ban:

* Sunday is presently the only day of the week many outdoor enthusiasts can enjoy many other recreational activities without fear of being shot. Many persons and families pursue picnicking, hiking, canoeing, horseback riding, climbing and biking activities on Sundays, knowing they are safe from rifle fire. Sunday hunting would compromise this safe enjoyment of many outdoor recreational activities.

* The current ban protects rural churches from disruptions that would be caused by Sunday hunting. Many rural churches have services that begin early in the morning and continue well into the afternoon.

* Sunday hunting is not family-friendly. The current ban encourages hunters to spend Sunday at home with their families, while a change would entice hunters to be away from their families the entire weekend. Many wives have stated they are against Sunday hunting.

* According to discussions in previous years with Wildlife Resources Commission officers, Sunday hunting would strain existing resources by further stretching or requiring additional personnel to enforce hunting regulations on another day of the week.

I’m sure that you can think of some other reasons why Sunday hunting should not be allowed.

I want to encourage you to make your voice heard in opposition to any change to the current ban on Sunday hunting.

First, pass this information along to your Pastor and the people in your church. If you live in or near where the Wildlife Resources Commission is having hearings, take some friends, who are also opposed to Sunday hunting with you to those meetings and speak out. Below is a schedule of the remaining meetings in January:

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Second, if you can’t attend the meetings, at least send your written comments to the Chairman of the Wildlife Resources Commission:


John E. Pechmann, Chairman
2549 S. Edgewater Drive
Fayetteville, NC 28303
[e-mail]

When you send an email to Chairman Penchman, copy it to [e-mail]. This will help us keep up with how many people are expressing their opposition to Sunday hunting.

Sunday has traditionally been seen as a day for Rest, Faith and Family, not for hunting. Some things just need to remain the same. The current ban on hunting on Sundays in North Carolina is a good thing. Let’s keep the ban!

God Bless,
Rev. Mark H. Creech
Executive Director
Christian Action League of North Carolina, Inc.

P.S. Rev. Gerald Primm, a member of the Christian Action League’s Board of Directors, recently bid farewell to his saintly wife, Ethel, after 57 years of marriage last week. Ethel suffered a bout with double phenomena and went to be with our Lord. I hope you will take the time to express your sympathies to Rev. Primm at [e-mail]. Remember to pray for him during his hour of grief. Rev Primm is a most godly man and an ardent supporter and friend of the Christian Action League.

[AX10]

1. another division within the GOP.

The NRA and the Fundies will start to rip each other apart over this one.

[Ian David]

3. Let's make sure they both hear from one another

The Seventh Day Adventists might object to this since their Sabbath is Saturday. Not to mention the Jews.

[BurgherHoldtheLies]

2. Good! Let the NRA supporters suffer under the American Taliban too

Just like the rest of us.

[Ian David]

12. I sent a note to the North Carolina Adventists

http://www.carolinasda.org/contact_C.asp

Apparently, Adventists like guns:



Maybe too much.

I forgot Koresh was an Adventist.

[tanyev]

4. Big Lick Baptist Church?

:spray:

[bluemarkers]

5. and if you are out hunting

you are not in church to tithe!!! egads

I never knew it was banned in the first place. how about that!

[quaoar]

6. OMFG

They must be kidding.

Let's try to think of something that will make hunters hate us. I know, let's ban hunting on one of the two days that most working-class stiffs can go out and hunt. Yeah, that's the ticket. And let's ban football while we're at it. And NASCAR!

[Ian David]

7. I forwarded this to Jews for the Preservation of Fire Arms Ownership

http://www.jpfo.org/

I wonder what they think of this.

Are Seventh Day Adventists allowed to hunt?

[oneighty]

8. Will the ban

extend to North Carolina citizens serving overseas and hunting humans on Sunday?

Why fishing? That is not noisy. Will that include commercial fishermen and subsistence hunters?

180

[Ian David]

9. "We were on our way to a pro-family rally to ban gay marriage...

...when we hit a deer and my whole family died in the crash."

That would be ironic if that happened.

[flvegan]

10. What's "double phenomena" (in the P.S.)?

Serious question, not mocking the announcement of someone's loved one dying.

I had to laugh at the "as a pastor and a hunter" remark. Just doesn't sound right.

[Big Kahuna]

11. Hunting is banned on Sundays in Massachusetts and I think it's a good idea

It's nice to have one day a week during the winter when it's (theoretically) safe to go hiking.

[Ian David]

13. Compromise: Hunting Kosher animals is okay on Sundays? n/t

[montana500]

14. do you have alink for this info? Thx. nm

nm

[wishlist]

15. This is one thing with which I agree with the NC Christian Action League

This religious organization tries to maintain nonpartisan tax exempt status, but most of their views are very conservative. But on this particular issue I agree and hope N.C. maintains the current Sunday hunting ban. (Fishing is not banned)

[Ian David]

20. When are Jews and Seventh Day Adventists supposed to go hunting?

Why does the one day a week have to be Sunday?

How about a compromise:

On odd-numbered years it will be Sundays.

On even-numbered years it will be Saturdays.

[Lefty48197]

16. Post this in the gundungeon.Maybe the rightys will stop supporting the NRA

:rofl:

Oh God! I crack myself up sometimes!

[Jeffersons Ghost]

17. WHAT! NO MORE REPUKE HUNTING ON SUNDAY?

THAT DOES IT! THESE DAMN BIBLE-BELT BLUE LAWS HAVE GONE TO FAR NOW!!! I'M PISSED... WE HAD A HUNT PLANNED NEXT WEEKEND. THIS IS THE LAST STRAW: LET'S HAVE A PEACE MARCH! The really sad part is the regular season for repuke hunting was about to open.

[Zynx]

18. Their religious wing is coming into contact with their libertarian and

corporate wings. Gooooooood..... Gooooooood....

[benEzra]

19. What the HECK????

I'm a North Carolina resident, and an avid shooter, and I had absolutely no IDEA hunting was supposedly banned on Sunday. (I wonder if it's enforced; I've never heard of any hunters not going hunting on Sunday.)

That's ridiculous. When are people of Jewish faith supposed to hunt, pray tell? Why force non-Christians (or Christians who celebrate the Sabbath instead of Sunday) to abide by the views of the few who view Sunday as the Christian Sabbath? And why ban hunting but not fishing? And why not let people go hunting after church, if it's church attendance he's worried about?

That's as silly as the Massachusetts law that makes it a crime to open a grocery store on Sunday, even if you are an Orthodox Jew. My wife is originally from Mass., and I was shocked when I heard that.

As far as the broader gun issue, this only affects hunters, who are a small minority of gun owners (20% and falling), but if I were a hunter I think I'd be pretty annoyed.

[Ian David]

22. Massachusetts has relaxed most of their "Blue Laws"

You can now buy beer and other essential groceries on Sundays.

However, on Christmas and Thanksgiving almost everything is closed.

The Chinese supermarket chain 88 Markets is being prosecuted for defying that ban.

The Christian-owned, Republican-donating chain Lambert's is not being prosecuted for their defiance of the ban.

Amazing.

Anyway, I suggest outreach to Jewish groups in North Carolina to ask them to lobby against the Sunday hunting ban.

If they're not immediately cooperative, gather outside their homes and sing "Frere Jacque," and maybe that'll strike a chord and they'll remember what's at stake.

[MadHound]

21. LOL, if North Carolina hunters are anything like Missouri hunters

This will go over like a lead balloon. Might as well ask football fanatics to stop watching the NFL on Sundays, you'll get the same response, a big FUCK YOU.

Besides, do you really want to be the person approaching a well armed hunter in order to arrest them for hunting on the Sabbath? Not I.