Sometime you eat the deer…
…and sometime the deer eats you.
I’m not a hunter, but I wouldn’t normally consider deer “dangerous game.” 
Nobody gets thrown off the bus
Two points:
- If you believe in gun rights, join the NRA. It’s important.
- When it comes to supporting gun rights, I have a simple philosophy. Nobody gets thrown off the bus.
From Bitter, we read the story of Pat Wray. Pat is running for the NRA board of directors. Pat is a hunter, and feels that the NRA has has not done enough to address the needs of hunters. The divide between “Hunters” and “Shooters” is a classic argument in the gun culture. Michael Bane discusses the issue a bit here.
I’m not a hunter. I’m not opposed to hunting, and I generally think that hunting benefits the gun culture. But I have a very big problem with hunters (and shooters, for that matter) who think that they can reach detente with gun control groups by sectioning off parts of the gun culture and offering them up as a sacrificial lamb. Gun control groups have employed this divide and conquer strategy for a long time. They have even created false flag groups to help drive the wedge deeper. (For you newbies, the The American Hunters and Shooters Association looks like a legitimate gun-rights group. It isn’t.)
As a culture, we need to remember that we can’t let our breathren down. The gun banners are after all the marbles people. Giving them .50s or “Assault Weapons” or any other subset of the gun owning public will not satisfy them. They are coming for you next.
Do your part!
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