Oregon, Initiative Petition 28  by Tom Reynolds

Non-voting hunters may believe that their hunting right is safe from the radical Left’s gun control efforts.  They forget that things one could never have imagined a few years ago often become commonplace in Democrat dominated states.  If you doubt that… 

In Oregon, Initiative Petition 28, would outlaw hunting, fishing and a host of other things, including cattle ranching. Backers of this measure say they have gathered about 105,000 of the required 117,173 valid signatures, which must be turned in by July 2.

Writing at Northwest Sportsman, editor Andy Walgamott explains, “Initiative Petition 28 cloaks itself as an anti-animal cruelty campaign, but in reality it would essentially criminalize hunting, fishing and trapping in the Beaver State, put ranchers out of business, and prevent you from even raising your own chickens for the table or trapping rodents damaging your home or business.”

Like New York State, Oregon is a Democrat dominated state and many gun owners use the excuse for non-voting, “my vote won’t make a difference.”  Or in this case in Oregon, “Initiative 28 is so extreme it will never pass.”  We estimate only about one-third of the gun owners in NY State will vote and I’ll bet Oregon is similar. 

In order to add credibility to this animal cruelty’ proposal and seem less like hypocrites targeting just guns, they added fishing and cattle ranching to the list of no-no’s.  That could be their undoing.  This one bill manages to antagonize everyone not on the radical Left.   

Since the Democrats are concerned about ‘affordability,’ have they considered that this will force meat eaters to import beef from other states, thus raising prices?  As a solution, they might offset this by making meat eating illegal in Oregon!  Couldn’t happen?  I started this saying, “things one could never have imagined a few years ago often become commonplace in the Democrat dominated states.”

Whether or not you like Trump, this was a great line: “When the world needs courage, daring, vision and inspiration, it is still turning to America. And when God needs a nation to work his miracles, He knows exactly who to ask.”

The problem is, it’s the Oregon Democrats who proposed Initiative Petition 28 that are showing “courage, daring, vision and inspiration.”  I don’t believe they are doing God’s work, but the Left doesn’t care.  They don’t need God to manufacture a miracle,’ they just need gun owners to continue to stay home on election day.

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For those gun owners who avoid registering to vote in order to avoid Jury Duty, Claudine Ewing on WGRZ points out that, “New York draws potential jurors from five source lists, including the Department of Motor Vehicles, Department of Taxation and Finance, Department of Labor, Department of Social Services and the Board of Elections.”

Basically, if you an adult living in NYS, you are going to be on most of those lists, unless you are an illegal alien.  In that case, you can probably figure out a way to vote and still avoid Jury Duty; after all, no ID is required to vote.