Hunting with railguns banned in Wisconson!

[jimmy olsen]

Those Bastards! What about my 2nd amendment rights! 

http://www.jsonline.com/news/wisconsin/40517002.html

DNR wants to clarify definition of a firearm

By robert Imrie, Associated Press

Posted: Mar. 2, 2009

Wausau - Wary that new technology could change the way bullets are fired, Wisconsin wildlife experts are taking steps to make sure that only traditional guns are used for hunting - at least for the near future.

One of the 91 questions being posed to outdoor enthusiasts at the state Department of Natural Resources annual spring hearings in April seeks to clarify the definition of a firearm for hunting to guns that shoot with compressed air or gunpowder.

Kurt Thiede, the DNR's spring hearing coordinator, said Friday that the change addresses emerging technology that uses electromagnetic fields to fire projectiles - the so-called railgun.

Clarifying the definition of a hunting gun now would make sure the DNR could review and evaluate any new technologies that are developed before they get used in the fields and woods, Chief Warden Randy Stark said.

A pair of calls from hunters asking whether railguns could be used in Wisconsin prompted the regulatory review, he said.

"This is different than somebody coming up with a new kind of fish locator," he said.

Stark said the military has tested the railgun technology, and projectiles have been propelled to seven times the speed of sound.

Issues that would need to be reviewed include whether such a weapon is safe or even fair for hunting, he said.

Stark wondered if the technology could be so powerful that bullets went through tree trunks.

The conservation hearings take place April 13 in all 72 Wisconsin counties; they will take opinions on a variety of fishing and wildlife issues, some proposed by the Wisconsin Conservation Congress, the outdoors group that advises the DNR. The agency uses the results to develop recommendations to the Natural Resources Board.

[DontSayBanana]

Those Bastards! What about my 2nd amendment rights! 

http://www.jsonline.com/news/wisconsin/40517002.html

Unless something newer emerges, the generator required to power a railgun wouldn't fit into your fanny pack, anyway.

[Neil]

'or even fair for hunting'? 

Hunting with firearms is never fair.

[DontSayBanana]

'or even fair for hunting'? 

Hunting with firearms is never fair.

Yeah. Honestly, the whole thing is facepalm-worthy. I love how NRA nuts act like there's some magic coefficient of fairness that was achieved when we developed gunpowder. I regularly deal with a guy who can't fit his crossbow into a case because he put a scope on it, wears sound amplifiers to out-hear his prey... it's ridiculous.

[Habbaku]

Those Bastards! What about my 2nd amendment rights! 

http://www.jsonline.com/news/wisconsin/40517002.html

DNR wants to clarify definition of a firearm

By robert Imrie, Associated Press

Posted: Mar. 2, 2009

Wausau - Wary that new technology could change the way bullets are fired, Wisconsin wildlife experts are taking steps to make sure that only traditional guns are used for hunting - at least for the near future.

One of the 91 questions being posed to outdoor enthusiasts at the state Department of Natural Resources annual spring hearings in April seeks to clarify the definition of a firearm for hunting to guns that shoot with compressed air or gunpowder.

Kurt Thiede, the DNR's spring hearing coordinator, said Friday that the change addresses emerging technology that uses electromagnetic fields to fire projectiles - the so-called railgun.

Clarifying the definition of a hunting gun now would make sure the DNR could review and evaluate any new technologies that are developed before they get used in the fields and woods, Chief Warden Randy Stark said.

A pair of calls from hunters asking whether railguns could be used in Wisconsin prompted the regulatory review, he said.

"This is different than somebody coming up with a new kind of fish locator," he said.

Stark said the military has tested the railgun technology, and projectiles have been propelled to seven times the speed of sound.

Issues that would need to be reviewed include whether such a weapon is safe or even fair for hunting, he said.

Stark wondered if the technology could be so powerful that bullets went through tree trunks.

The conservation hearings take place April 13 in all 72 Wisconsin counties; they will take opinions on a variety of fishing and wildlife issues, some proposed by the Wisconsin Conservation Congress, the outdoors group that advises the DNR. The agency uses the results to develop recommendations to the Natural Resources Board.

Unless something newer emerges, the generator required to power a railgun wouldn't fit into your fanny pack, anyway.

Quoting entire articles is fun.

[DontSayBanana]

Quoting entire articles is fun.

Okay, mini-Money.

[garbon]

Quoting entire articles is fun.

Do you mean tiring?

[Habbaku]

Quoting entire articles is fun.

Do you mean tiring?

No, I'm using sarcasm.  I heard that makes me funny.

[DontSayBanana]

No, I'm using sarcasm.  I heard that makes me funny.

Well, you're half-right.

[jimmy olsen]

Speaking of railguns, the navy's interested.  8)

http://www.drives.co.uk/fullstory.asp?id=2523

[KRonn]

Damn, I was interested to try a rail gun too; that might even have gotten me back into hunting!

[Josquius]

Not far enough. They should restrict hunters to bows. Or at least flintlocks.

[DontSayBanana]

Not far enough. They should restrict hunters to bows. Or at least flintlocks.

Scope or no scope?