Col. David Hackworth
1930-2005
1930-2005
Thursday, May 05, 2005
California Bans Internet Use?
"The bill by Sen. Debra Bowen, D-Redondo Beach, which now moves to the Assembly, would prohibit use of computer-assisted hunting sites, bar such sites from operating in California and prohibit the importation or exportation of any animal or part of an animal killed using computer-assisted hunting."
Look, I'm not a hunter. I also happent to think that Internet hunting is ridiculous. But if you want to do it, that ain't my call.
What worries me is, how are they gonna know? Set up some sort of monitoring for all internet traffic? Block it at the ISP? What else will they intercept or block?
Or is this, as I suspect, simply more posturing calculated to gin up public hostility to gun owners by exploiting the emotions stirred up by a "virtually" non-existent "problem"?
I'll tell you one thing--if I belonged to the California Sportsmen's Association, Safari Club International or the Outdoor Sportsman's Coalition of California, all of which support this nonsense, I'd quit and never send them another cent.
Talk about useful idiots.
Look, I'm not a hunter. I also happent to think that Internet hunting is ridiculous. But if you want to do it, that ain't my call.
What worries me is, how are they gonna know? Set up some sort of monitoring for all internet traffic? Block it at the ISP? What else will they intercept or block?
Or is this, as I suspect, simply more posturing calculated to gin up public hostility to gun owners by exploiting the emotions stirred up by a "virtually" non-existent "problem"?
I'll tell you one thing--if I belonged to the California Sportsmen's Association, Safari Club International or the Outdoor Sportsman's Coalition of California, all of which support this nonsense, I'd quit and never send them another cent.
Talk about useful idiots.
The Perfect Mothers' Day Gift...
Jennifer Freeman of Liberty Belles tells us what that is.
Assuming, of course, that Mom isn't one in a "Million."
Assuming, of course, that Mom isn't one in a "Million."
Ve Haff Vays of Making You Talk…
…even if you don’t.
“Scientists from Japan and the United States have figured out how to read a person's mind by remotely measuring brain activity, extracting information of which the subject is not even aware. Science fiction? No. It's real.”
I got this from KABA Newslinks—a daily stop that ought to be part of every gun owner’s routine. I often enjoy the remarks posted by readers more than the story they’re commenting on.
As with all technological developments, including guns, this will be used for good or ill. It’s the “ill” part that worries me.
“Scientists from Japan and the United States have figured out how to read a person's mind by remotely measuring brain activity, extracting information of which the subject is not even aware. Science fiction? No. It's real.”
I got this from KABA Newslinks—a daily stop that ought to be part of every gun owner’s routine. I often enjoy the remarks posted by readers more than the story they’re commenting on.
As with all technological developments, including guns, this will be used for good or ill. It’s the “ill” part that worries me.
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