VA Constitutional Amendment: VOTE! IMPORTANT
Question:
Hey ya’ll in Virginia in this group. There is a proposed addition to the constitution of the state. It would constitutionally gaurantee our right to hunt, fish and utilize our renewing natural resources for food. I confess not to know the ins and outs but it seems to be a sound bill or addition and I would encourage ya’ll to vote for it. It has been passed in other states I believe and protects us from PETA and their ilk. Even though most all of us release 99.9 per cent of the fish we catch, it would benefit us as fishermen if this passes here in VA. I love to hunt and fish. I hate whiskey drinking, poaching trash hunters and fisherfolk who litter, keep buckets of small 9 inch bass and generally give us ethical decent guys a black eye. Sportsmen and women need to educate the public at large as to the financial support we give state game and fish projects and our incredibly positive impact on the natural environment generally speaking. We also need to reasonably police (no I ain’ a Nazi) our ranks so guys and gals who poach and affect wildlife in a detrimental manner or halted. Sorry to ramble, but please vote if you wanna see our rights here protected. I don’t think this piece of legislation will tie up a lotta time or money, as we all know too much law can be bad. Thanks for your time. I just want to see responsible, ethical hunting and fishing continue for time in eternity. Please vote. Sorry if this is a little off topic, but hey, Huntin’ and Fishin’ is an American Tradition. Lets help preseve it at the polls this Tuesday here in VA. Thanks, Tommy Rilee
Response:
I am replying to my own post in hopes it may get more people to read it. I don’t want to waste space ….I have learned loads in a few months here and the clutter of spam does take away from the learning pro-cess, but with the Bill mentioned in my first post, our right to fish could be constitutionally protected here in Virginia if it is passed next week.There are a lot of Peta folks out there. I was basically denied entrance to…lets just say a trade school training type of program by the owner who is a Peta member just recently. I mentioned I was going fishing after our meeting and I even laughingly told the owner I practice catch and release…didn’t matter….I was affixed with an icy stare and we had a staring contest till I left. Just vote if you can read up on the bill and agree with it. The Richmond TimesDispatch website has info in the sports section. Sorry again if this is against guidelines, but this is my way of fighting PETA, this and the fact that I may work at the polls for the Amendment. If you are from another state, maybe talk with your legislators for a similar bill or amendment to your states constitution. Thanks Ya’ll Tommy Rilee
Response:
Tommy, if you’re fighting PETA, it can’t be against guidelines. I still think it ought to be PITA (Pain In The A$$). Warren2
– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> I am replying to my own post in hopes it may get more people to read it. I > don’t want to waste space ….I have learned loads in a few months here and the > clutter of spam does take away from the learning pro-cess, but with the Bill > mentioned in my first post, our right to fish could be constitutionally > protected here in Virginia if it is passed next week.There are a lot of Peta > folks out there. I was basically denied entrance to…lets just say a trade > school training type of program by the owner who is a Peta member just > recently. I mentioned I was going fishing after our meeting and I even > laughingly told the owner I practice catch and release…didn’t matter….I was > affixed with an icy stare and we had a staring contest till I left. Just vote > if you can read up on the bill and agree with it. The Richmond TimesDispatch > website has info in the sports section. Sorry again if this is against > guidelines, but this is my way of fighting PETA, this and the fact that I may > work at the polls for the Amendment. If you are from another state, maybe talk > with your legislators for a similar bill or amendment to your states > constitution. Thanks Ya’ll > Tommy Rilee
Response:
Tommy, I plan on voting on Tuesday and voting for this amendment. I don’t think it has a chance of not passing, to many rural areas and not enough tree huggers in the cities to block this thing, but putting out the word can
