Ah now I have access to a real keyboard and not a cell phone. I can express myself better. Again Robert, thanks for bringing this interview with Trump Jr. to this forum. I would not have been aware of his hunting and fishing background. I will point out that the people in Czech Republic take their hunting seriously. I knew I was going to like the place when I saw all the deer blinds in the fields. I had to make sure I was driving into Pilzen, Czech Republic and not Enos, Texas.
Next week (I am on Spring Break right now) in my Outdoor Adventure Class we will spend several days discussing the 2nd Amendment of the U. S. Constitution. This is the one that gives us the right to keep and bear arms. I make a point to tell my students that the writers of the U.S. Constitution did not ensure our right to keep and bear arms so that we could hunt. The writers of our constitution wanted to make sure we could defend ourselves from our government. Today, in the U.S. this seems to be an odd concept but in the days of Washington, Jefferson, Franklin, and Madison it was a big deal to make sure the federal government was very limited (U.S. Constitution and Bill of Rights). It was also very important to give the people the ability to defend themselves. Oddly enough the first line of defense against a government is the right to speak against the government (1st Amendment). It should be enough to shine the light of truth on darkness by the written and spoken word to stop a despot. However, if speaking freely does not work then individuals must come together and with arms force that despotic government from power (2nd Amendment) Please note I am on spring break and I have just left Franklin, TN. PB and I stayed in a lovely B&B and had I stood in the front yard of that B&B on Dec. 1, 1864 I would have gazed upon 7,000 dead bodies (Battle of Franklin, American Civil War). Fully exercising our 2nd Amendment rights should not be engaged lightly.
The danger, though, lies in whether our politicians can marginalize or even do away with one of the first 10 amendments. If they can throw out one them the rest can follow. Right now the 2nd Amendment is the most likely candidate. It is the 10%, 80%, 10% concept. 10% of our population owns and uses firearms. 80% of the population has no opinion either way and 10% want to do away with guns. So if the 2nd amendment and hunting are closely connected then the 80% that don't own guns also don't hunt. So those people will connect guns with hunting. Then they think, "Well, we can get our food from Wal-Mart so we don't need to hunt so we don't need guns and if we don't have guns then gun crime will stop. I am going to vote for the candidate that will get rid of guns." Thus the 2nd Amendment is removed and now it doesn't take much effort to get rid of the 1st Amendment. Now you can list all of your despotic goverments from history and we will look like them.
So, I tell my students that when they have to defend the 2nd amendment don't tell people its so you can hunt. You tell people the 2nd amendment keeps us U.S. from being late 1930's Germany or 2016 North Korea. People that have no feelings about guns quickly start to think properly when approached in this manner.
Its time to go back to Spring Break. I will be fly fishing on the White River in Arkansas over the next two days if it will just rain. Thunder, lightening, and tornados tend to turn the fish off.
Hmmm... "not a believer in hunting"
