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The Second Amendment has been the subject of one of the greatest pieces of fraud, I repeat the word 'fraud,' on the American public by special interest groups that I have ever seen in my lifetime.

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A good book on cats and people is "Beast in the Garden" from a couple years ago. Takes a look at some communities around Colorado where a cat killed a teenager.

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I just read this saying prices are pretty high right now, I'm not sure that's why there are fewer trappers. http://trappingtoday.com/high-fur-prices-in-the-media/

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This is a really good topic that cuts to the heart of a lot of things. My short answer is it would depend on the landowner, land, stewardship, and experience. If I feel a private landowner is contributing to better collective game mgmt at large in a state, than I'd probably pay once or twice just to...

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Wow. I believe that raccoon stuff. We've got them in the neighborhood, and pretty much everyone else does. I watched 9 of those suckers come out of my sister's chimney one time. I did research on cats for a little while. They will kill when given the opportunity, but nearly always will come back to ...

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There are certainly situations when you get into a "predator pit", where there are too many predators going after a plummeting prey population. The research I've seen on this usually cites these predators being subsidized by some other healthy prey species that maintains the predators when the hurti...

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If you guys don't play nice you're going to get banned. Where's Ezzy when you need him. What's weird to me is here you have someone in front of you who isn't one of the "antis", a gunowner, a hunter, a father trying to teach the next generation to hunt, a link revealing that even a Frank Luntz poll ...

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I saw this earlier in my google search, I think Australia did a semi-auto ban: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2012/08/02/did-gun-control-work-in-australia/ "So what have the Australian laws actually done for homicide and suicide rates? Howard cites a study (pdf) by Andrew Leigh of A...

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I'm not saying you're wrong, but you also haven't made a case to me that some middle ground restrictions on background checks or something like that wouldn't help. Either way that looks like a beautiful gsp you have on your avatar. Looking for one myself. Happy hunting.

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There definitely are a number of folks who want to take all guns, although I imagine they are in the tiny minority. And certainly, countering one extreme perspective with another is a viable political strategy. But it just seems to me we've had too much of that partisan stuff in Washington lately, a...

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From what I've read of the agenda, I don't think this hearing has anything to do with trapping. I only mentioned trapping because I went to check out the Coyote Project site and it says they are against trapping on public land. My own opinion is that trapping seems ill-advised on public lands where ...

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I'm not sure that banning handguns in cities is a good solution, either, and in fact lived in DC for 3 years when there was a handgun ban. But I haven't seen those studies you are talking about, can you share links for them? do they show where the illegal guns are coming from? If the data is there, ...

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Don't tell my guns I'm an anti. Most NRA members are actually in favor of background checks: http://www.politifact.com/texas/statements/2013/apr/04/lee-leffingwell/lee-leffingwell-says-polls-show-90-percent-america/ And most gun owners are not members of NRA. http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonk...

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I'm not sure that analogy works, because you can't ride your gun to work, the store, ie. the primary purpose of cars. Guns are designed to go boom. That's all they do. That said, I like and own guns. They allow me to hunt effectively and humanely. At the same time I wouldn't be opposed to installing...

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Before we get all exercised all I'm saying is actually take a look at the agenda and language. The original message that started this string did not accurately reflect what is going on. These are just comments from rights groups that didn't even address birds. I encourage us to offer our own comment...

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You're absolutely right, this is a private website and they have every right to put up whatever they want. But let's not pretend you won't find plenty of examples of one kind of political perspective on these discussions, but not a lot of others. A shame because we all seem to share a common interes...

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The agenda and summary of comments is listed here: http://www.fgc.ca.gov/meetings/2014/jan/011514docs.aspx The NRA is trying to raise money with that initial email they sent out. They have misrepresented the comments submitted by the Project Coyote group, which is only one of several groups that hav...

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I'd offer some science-based information to support my assertions but it might get me banned on this "forum". Free speech seems to be the one Amendment that doesn't enjoy the full support of our moderators.

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Really disappointing to see so many would rather have non-native captive pigeons than wild native American hawks. Easy answers are to cover your pigeon cage, get some shiny fladry, and get those pigeon spikes you see on buildings. Works for hawks too. Alternatively you can rant about the govt but I'...

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http://www.chicagomag.com/Chicago-Magaz ... Come-From/

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http://mtstandard.com/news/national/nev ... 963f4.html

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Study on direct links between current climate change and forest fires, from New Mexico: http://www.npr.org/2012/08/24/159848194/in-southwest-worst-case-fire-scenario-plays-out And a final note-- many responses on this string have taken umbrage at my remarks. One member, Ezzy, has sent me several ema...

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Neil, you literally don't even know how to spell "forest," and yet now you're lecturing me about formal education. Cave quid dicis, quando, et cui.

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Most Arkansas independents lean right-- http://talkbusiness.net/2012/10/independent-voters-expressing-strong-republican-lean/ Most national independents lean right-- http://www.gallup.com/poll/151943/record-high-americans-identify-independents.aspx Neil it is really truly remarkable how nearly every...

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Ok now the only people we can trust on climate change are RETIRED meteorologists? How many times are you going to switch the goalposts? From the very article you shared: "The Defense Department and Army Corps of Engineers have begun working with lawmakers in coastal cities throughout the country to ...

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So when confronted with an all-encompassing case supporting climate change is happening from the very source you said was the only source to be trusted, you ignore it and plow on with your own self-fulfilling opinion. Are all meteorologists liberals too? There is a lack of intellectual integrity occ...

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Neil the American Meteorological Society believes climate change is happening because of people: http://www.ametsoc.org/policy/2012climatechange.html Also, forest is spelled with one "r". Are you a dictionary-denier, too? Smartassery aside, Neil I genuinely hope you are right, and the climate is not...

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So you've reviewed ALL of the data on that NASA portal site and disagree with ALL of their findings and conclusions.

Well you just must be smarter and done more research than all these NASA guys. Stupid NASA.

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Ezzy and Birddogger you all assume I'm on the left. I'm not, lifelong independent who has lived all over this beautiful country. But I do follow science. All of those "opinions" are actually peer-reviewed science. If you are actually interested in the science behind climate change NASA is a good pla...

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If models showing that carbon added to the atmosphere creates a greenhouse effects (they do), if previous Earth warming cycles are associated with more carbon in atmosphere (which AZ Brittany alluded to above, and they are), if people and our ag products are emitting more carbon (and methane) as we ...

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Here is a new video from Denver Post summing up 4 years in a row of record fires, addressing topics above. Watch if genuinely interested in identifying issues and hearing potential solutions: http://www.denverpost.com/fireline/ci_2 ... fire-line/

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Richk I didn't like how they opposed gun registry and mega mag ban. I've had personal experience with an unstable person who has access to weapons galore; the current laws and enforcement are inadequate to keep people like that away from weapons that amount to a dangerous hobby, even in their safest...

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Nope. I've seen them on the wrong side of too many resource issues, and after Sandy Hook, no way forever.

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AZ Brittany, I can confirm Gertie's breakdown above. Feds run fed lands, their officers have preeminence, as confined by laws like NEPA, ESA, Commerce, etc. But certainly fed managers are encouraged to be sensitive to local concerns, as not being so puts them in the crosshairs of politicians, which ...

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Neil you've created quite the self fulfilling prophecy for yourself, thank you for that revealing perspective. Anyone offering climate science= liberal, and anyone liberal= wrong. I won't bother to offer any more peer-reviewed science since you've already got all the answers for your own personal un...

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ALL the scientists at NASA are liberals? How did you get their voting records?

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What is your source for that 10 years? I found this from NASA http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MmoYStB-Rzw I've read that something like 97% of climate scientists think that climate change, caused by people, is happening. I dunno about you but if 19 out of 20 mechanics told me to fix my brakes, I'd do...

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Climate is getting warmer and dryer, and it is having an affect on fires. The fire season starts earlier and ends later today than historically recorded. The 8 biggest fire years we've had since 1960 have all come since 2000. It's almost incidental to me whether it's caused by people or not, because...

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Wow great responses! Thanks all. As a runner in the heat during the summer I think I'm leaning towards either gsp or vizsla. Besides the heat I think my boys may also be a limiting factor for a Brit. They may not get gun-shy, but they may get two young hellions on a sugar rush-shy.

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I have a feeling this will generate some opinions. Need a dog that will be good with youngish boys, get along with other non hunting dog, and be pretty natural for a rookiebird hunter of quail and chukar. We have a small backyard but large schoolyard across the street, and I'll take dogs running reg...

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I work in forestry and the answer above is spot on, although there is pretty good evidence climate is playing a role in the size of fires. Since the 1970s the size of individual fires has grown by a factor of five. Last year my deer tag was in an area that got burned over pretty bad too close to hun...

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Hello all, been reading for awhile and now have a question for collective wisdom. Here's the situation: - I'm relatively new to bird hunting - live in central Cali - have two young boys - already have a small female german shepherd mix. She's an assertive gal with other dogs. Unfortunately she has n...

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