Sale Of Hunting Weapons Declining – Gun Sales Up

Part III
Comments to a comment on a comment.

On May 17, 2009 Albert Rasch commented on my original article. A. Rasch, an outdoor enthusiast, equipment reviewer, writer (The Outdoor Rasch Chronicles) said:

“ Fellows, And the unfortunate part is that they are on both ends of the spectrum, with the regular guys like us increasingly caught in the middle.”

I agree. Nevertheless, this statement applies to many other movements in modern societies. Many are very well organized. On the other hand, since hunters seem to be individualists who are happy to spend a weekend in the wilderness with little comforts of civilization and company, it is not in their nature to band together for a cause and organize pressure groups to further their objectives. That makes us the more vulnerable to attacks from either side of the spectrum.

Albert's remarks drew an almost immediate response from 'Native'. He wrote on May 18, 2009:

“Amen to that Albert!
We have to be acutely vigilant without allowing ourselves to become severely paranoid in the process.

If I am allowed to elaborate a little I might add that my wife is Chinese and comes from a Buddhist background.
I, on the other end of the spectrum came from a very strict, and the word of God taken literally, Christian background.

Between the two of us we have managed to find good, and common sense middle ground for the past 20 years of knowing one another.

This, I believe to be is what is lacking in today's society.
Finding that good, and common sense approach to solving everyday life problems which one would encounter.

A clear and level head will allow an individual to use rational thought process.
To discipline one's self in that respect is not an easy task, but so very necessary to making decisions which will not only save your own life, but hopefully the lives of others as well.

As I have stated before, I have not a single problem with an Animal Rights Defender, I myself would be considered one under certain descriptions.
For instance, I would literally, and by force of my own two hands take possession of an animal which I was witness to being abused by someone.

But, the flip side to that coin would be that never would I place the life of an animal above that of a human being.
I believe that most rational thinking people would concur with those above sentiments.

It is the zealot's whom are so far left and so far right of that spectrum that follow a doctrine which, upon closer examination, is not of the norm and is counterproductive to a harmonious balance between man and the beast's of this earth.

Upon reading the U.N. report which PJJ provided in another post, I am now more convinced than ever that we "must" promote rational and conscientious thought.
And also re-establish a more harmonious existence with mother nature herself.
Our very lives depend upon it!”

Well said. Not much to add at this time except, maybe, that many movers and thinkers have postulated 'rational and conscientious thought' without great and lasting success. Does that mean that we need to give up? No. On the contrary, we need to persevere. Hunters need to stand firm for their cause or they will get annihilated between the well organised interests on both extreme sides of the spectrum.

PJJ