TraumaRN.....are you from Gloucester?
As long as they make sure to include the typical caveats (i.e. does not apply to self defense situations) I'm o.k. with these types of bans.
Your entitled to your opinion psmartin and I even agree with the term "generally" that youused. But being a resident of Gloucester, and seeing what types of incidents occur each hunting season, I see things a little different.
TraumaRN.....are you from Gloucester?
As long as they make sure to include the typical caveats (i.e. does not apply to self defense situations) I'm o.k. with these types of bans.
bayboy42 wrote:Your entitled to your opinion psmartin and I even agree with the term "generally" that youused. But being a resident of Gloucester, and seeing what types of incidents occur each hunting season, I see things a little different.
I'm not saying public safety is not paramount, and I am familiar with the Gloucester area (and it has exploded with growth over the years).
My point is.. Why make a new laws when there are 20 other laws on the books that apply to the "problem activity"
If a new law is needed to take care of the problem, I encourage you to push your representatives to ADD A LAW. If there are laws on the books which are being ignored, your representatives need to push law enforcement to use the ones they already have.
Maybe we HAVE gotten to the point where a "general laws" are not good enough.. Instead of a law against Jaywalking, we need a lay for Jaywalking on Monday, Jaywalking on Tuesday through Saturday, and a limited Jaywalking law for Sunday, because lots be people walk to church and need not be concerned with laws while praising the lord.
That was my point, not that Gloucester doesn't need to control firearm discharges, but "is it a law in search of a problem?"
TraumaRN.....are you from Gloucester?
As long as they make sure to include the typical caveats (i.e. does not apply to self defense situations) I'm o.k. with these types of bans.
Your entitled to your opinion psmartin and I even agree with the term "generally" that youused. But being a resident of Gloucester, and seeing what types of incidents occur each hunting season, I see things a little different.
Hunter Stupidity- witnessed and cared for by myself, over 15 years of nursing in various level 1 trauma centers in Virginia, wouldn't be able to reveal incidents on public forum, you might know one of them- gotta love the HIPPA rules, another fine example of "Government" and it worked so well for Va Tech.
Hunter Stupidity- witnessed and cared for by myself, over 15 years of nursing in various level 1 trauma centers in Virginia, wouldn't be able to reveal incidents on public forum, you might know one of them- gotta love the HIPPA rules, another fine example of "Government" and it worked so well for Va Tech.
Media reports- usually only report the sensational. i.e. those that end up shot or shooting someone else. More often than not the generic 20 ft fall from the stand doesn't get reported.
where in CC did you find 300 acres? i'm just dying to get back out this fall. (sorry for the OT post).bayboy42 wrote:TraumaRN.....are you from Gloucester?
As long as they make sure to include the typical caveats (i.e. does not apply to self defense situations) I'm o.k. with these types of bans.Your entitled to your opinion psmartin and I even agree with the term "generally" that youused. But being a resident of Gloucester, and seeing what types of incidents occur each hunting season, I see things a little different.
As a hunter please explain the types of incidents you have seen yourself or are you relying on word of mouth or even worse media reports. I like to find out about the idiot hunters out there as they give the good guys a bad name similar to the experiences we get as OC's or CC's. I don't like seeing a fellow gun guy profiling all hunters as you seem to be doing. The guys I deer hunt(asopposed to bird hunting which doesn't have the samebad rap)with are all professionals, have all their teeth and aren't married to their first cousin or sister, and this includes myself.
We hunt in Chesterfield County(land of we haven't met a development we don't like)on several 300+/-acre parcels of propertydirectly bordering 100+ home housing developments some surrounded by them. Are you telling me that because my property is surrounded by a housing development I can no longer hunt on it ,just because there is a min. 50 house development next to it? And you are OK with this?Is the ordinance saying that because i border the housing development i can't hunt on my land or is it saying i need to leave a buffer zone similar to the buffer zone required near a state maintained road. I'm interpreting it as a blanket ban maybe you can fill me in if it is not.
I checked the DGIF website and glouchester's one hunting reg is no hunting from a roadway.
please fill me in thanks,
Joe
its was actually 3 300acre parcels and 1 100+ acre parcel in western chesterfield. we were lucky and the guys i hunt with have been hunting these properties for 25-30 years. it used to all belong to one gentleman but some has been sold over recent years and we have been lucky enough to keep renting it until they develop it. last year we lost one of the three a 350+ acre plotbehind watkins nursery and transected by 288 off of hungary springs road but a couple hundred in rent for hunting stands no chance to the 3+ million they sold the property for. i have been searching cumberland and buckingham counties for land hoping to outrun the development for a little while at least.67GT390FB wrote:where in CC did you find 300 acres? i'm just dying to get back out this fall. (sorry for the OT post).bayboy42 wrote:TraumaRN.....are you from Gloucester?
As long as they make sure to include the typical caveats (i.e. does not apply to self defense situations) I'm o.k. with these types of bans.Your entitled to your opinion psmartin and I even agree with the term "generally" that youused. But being a resident of Gloucester, and seeing what types of incidents occur each hunting season, I see things a little different.
As a hunter please explain the types of incidents you have seen yourself or are you relying on word of mouth or even worse media reports. I like to find out about the idiot hunters out there as they give the good guys a bad name similar to the experiences we get as OC's or CC's. I don't like seeing a fellow gun guy profiling all hunters as you seem to be doing. The guys I deer hunt(asopposed to bird hunting which doesn't have the samebad rap)with are all professionals, have all their teeth and aren't married to their first cousin or sister, and this includes myself.
We hunt in Chesterfield County(land of we haven't met a development we don't like)on several 300+/-acre parcels of propertydirectly bordering 100+ home housing developments some surrounded by them. Are you telling me that because my property is surrounded by a housing development I can no longer hunt on it ,just because there is a min. 50 house development next to it? And you are OK with this?Is the ordinance saying that because i border the housing development i can't hunt on my land or is it saying i need to leave a buffer zone similar to the buffer zone required near a state maintained road. I'm interpreting it as a blanket ban maybe you can fill me in if it is not.
I checked the DGIF website and glouchester's one hunting reg is no hunting from a roadway.
please fill me in thanks,
Joe