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And to anyone who thinks about it or is a competent shooter you would be correct.
I know at least 3 people personally who if you handed them a rifle instead of a slug gun they would think that they are now capable of shooting deer out to 400 yards.
Sure, both their slug gun and rifle are capable of that shot, but the shooter aint.
Some folk almost seem to get a false sense of skill when handed a rifle instead of a shotgun, like the fact that its a rifle will make up for their poor or inferior ability.
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Yupp, I totally get this. I would do anything to rifle hunt in southern minnesota. And, I think using a small rifle or AR pistol would be a tremendous thing for getting more people into hunting, and would be far more ethical than handing a 5' tall 100lb newbie a shotgun slug.
the unfortunate thing is there are a lot of fudds that don't know anything and don't care to learn and I imagine would take all sorts of terrible shots on animals at range and do stupid things as stupid people like to do.
I'm Libertarian through and through and I want government out of everything we can push them out of. That said... I think I would support a little more and recurring hunter safety class requirements if this went through.