GOP passes bill to let TODDLERS hunt with GUNS in Wisconsin

[manicholic 3,694]

Wisconsin’s GOP-controlled state Assembly has passed a bill that would get rid of minimum age restrictions on hunting as long as a child is accompanied by an adult who follows certain rules, the Associated Press reported on Friday.

Right now, minors in Wisconsin must be at least 14 years old to hunt alone, a spokesperson with the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources told HuffPost. Children aged 12 and 13 can hunt with a parent or guardian if they have obtained a hunting safety certificate.

And kids who are 10 or 11 years old can hunt without completing a safety course if they are taking part in “mentored hunt.” That means they’re accompanied by an adult who has a hunting license and the pair follows certain rules, like the child only being able to hunt within an arm’s reach of the mentor.

But Assembly Bill 455 would remove any age restrictions from mentored hunters, meaning that children younger than 10 could participate. Democratic Rep. Katrina Shankland warned that the measure would let “a toddler, a two-year-old” carry a gun, posing a major risk to other people in the woods.

While the bill has received a lot of attention on social media, Wisconsin is far from the first state to introduce such legislation. The AP notes that 34 other states already have no minimum hunting age, according to the Wisconsin Hunters’ Rights Coalition.

“We’re returning the choice to the parent,” the bill’s author, Republican Rep. Rob Stafsholt, told reporters on Friday, boasting that he could handle a .22 caliber rifle at 8 years old.

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/wisconsin-toddlers-hunting-guns_us_59fe10e3e4b0baea26320a48

 

[Red 99,106]

Why is this a thing?

Why is hunting a thing?

Why

Just why

[Mythos 3,199]

No USA, you don't have a gun problem at all... It's just all in our heads. 

[FATCAT 60,886]

As long as they're with a parent/guardian, I really don't see the problem. I don't know many parents that would let their kids under 10 actually let there kid hold a loaded rifle, let alone carry it around during the hunt.

[lego 44,165]

DISTURBING 

 

 

[manicholic 3,694]

2 minutes ago, FATCAT said:

I really don't see the problem.

 

[Petie Estie 5,704]

Everybody already does this with their kids. Licensing doesn't Work. But I wish they would get more strict and not less....

[FATCAT 60,886]

@manicholic (it wouldn't let me quote)

That's not what I meant, and I think you know that. There's obviously an issue with guns in this country.

[ShockPop 7,747]

Give all parents guns for their kids. Natural selection at work.

[Lona Delery 7,227]

it's about time

[LaLuna 12,732]

The GOP is Satan. 

 

[FGGrayson 9,670]

42 minutes ago, Red said:

Why is this a thing?

Why is hunting a thing?

Why

Just why

Americans lmao, thats why they have mass shooters and psychos, weapons and war is them major incom of money, them culture goes around that too so....

Thats why they worry more about immigrants who wants to work than white psychos shooting crowds, that's why they are more worry about building walls & electing racists hate speech presidents than help other natios or do something about climate, lmao

Lmao those ****ers blame Mexico for drugs and drugs cartel yet they are one of the countries who spent more money on drugs and they are the ones selling illegar weapons to the drug cartels, smh, but whatever, do you do americans

[calmar 22,766]

As an American, let me just say
 

Spoiler

In school as part of my physical education requirement I learned how to fire a gun and got a hunting license for it so I'm not at all surprised  

 

[Born To Slay 10,996]

So now we have kids firing guns. The more we try to separate ourselves from the Middle East, the more we become like the Middle East.

[TimisaMonster 31,073]

After Las Vegas...THIS is what happens???