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In reply to the discussion: Why is hunting given a pass? [View all]YarnAddict
(1,850 posts)78. Well, people have been hunting since the beginning of time
and hunting with guns since the beginning of guns.
Video games have been around for about 30 years--and over that period of time mass shootings have increased and increased and increased.
So--which do you think is more likely to be related to mass shootings--hunting or video games??????
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If that was the reality for your Dad then he simply did what he needed to do...
The Road Runner
Jun 2014
#59
Because hunting is a necessity for some, it can be seen as classist to disparage it.
Brickbat
Jun 2014
#60
What message do we send when children sustain themselves on the flesh of the murdered?
Kurska
Jun 2014
#27
It's not the hunting I find repugnant, it's the pleasure taken in killing.
Tierra_y_Libertad
Jun 2014
#23
How do they torture the animal during the process of hunting in your area? and what specifically
statementofgoods
Jun 2014
#69
Your step brother sounds like a psychopath , I don't know how you equate that with hunting
statementofgoods
Jun 2014
#76