https://youtu.be/28tV-S_AW7o
I want to start off this post with one comment. I have seen the face of the growing population of Archery Fudds and the problem is real! So now that airbows and air bolts are becoming an option for hunting, the archery purists are coming out of the wood work against airgun technologies. They HATE crossbows, but they LOATHE and DESPISE the mere existence of airgun airbows / air bolts. I give you the Archery Fudd!
Hunter-on-Hunter violence sucks and is a MUCH bigger issue in my mind vs. dealing with anti-hunters. I deal with more contempt from other uneducated hunters about airgun technologies 1000 times more than dealing with anti-hunting people.
So what is a Fudd? The Urban Dictionary defines a Gun Fudd:
Slang term for a "casual" gun owner; eg; a person who typically only owns guns for hunting or shotgun sports and does not truly believe in the true premise of the second amendment. These people also generally treat owners/users of so called "non sporting" firearms like handguns or semiautomatic rifles with unwarranted scorn or contempt.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZjL1aiZoeOA
If this doesn't pass it isn't because of gun grabbing snowflakes. It is OTHER hunters wanting to "protect" their time in the woods and their opportunity to get the largest buck! If you've ever wondered how laws get passed (or opposed) - this video will hopefully open your eyes. Here are some of the highlights from my testimony yesterday.
What you don't see in this video is the side conversations and comments before and after this committee. As we were preparing the gear in the hallway of the board room, I had someone approach me and say, "Is that one of those scary AR15 guns?" Then she made a comment under her breath and stormed away.
I am not sure if she was an elected representative or just a "concerned" citizen there in attendance or someone from a special interest group against hunting.
I also had someone in the elevator as I was leaving say to me, "...that airbow thing isn't going to pass. It would kill the archery season." I am assuming they were there from one of the other hunting advocacy groups.
This bill would specifically open up new hunting opportunities for disabled hunters and disabled veterans due to the safe and ease of use of airbow / air bolt technologies as compared to vertical bows and crossbows. View the bill here: http://www.legislature.mi.gov/documents/2019-2020/billintroduced/House/pdf/2019-HIB-4332.pdf?fbclid=IwAR1VCKwAr1EMuMZG_DIhNBOVZxihOcMyJ2pKMdRQD7Gn6VeaPx0fumce2ko
Get involved and send a letter of support to email: [email protected]! His office will then submit those letters of support for the senate hearings which come up next. You can also contact your individual representatives and senators to ask them to support the bill. Find your elected officials here:
House: https://www.house.mi.gov//mhrpublic/frmFindaRep.aspx
Senate: https://senate.michigan.gov/
I want to start off this post with one comment. I have seen the face of the growing population of Archery Fudds and the problem is real! So now that airbows and air bolts are becoming an option for hunting, the archery purists are coming out of the wood work against airgun technologies. They HATE crossbows, but they LOATHE and DESPISE the mere existence of airgun airbows / air bolts. I give you the Archery Fudd!
Hunter-on-Hunter violence sucks and is a MUCH bigger issue in my mind vs. dealing with anti-hunters. I deal with more contempt from other uneducated hunters about airgun technologies 1000 times more than dealing with anti-hunting people.
So what is a Fudd? The Urban Dictionary defines a Gun Fudd:
Slang term for a "casual" gun owner; eg; a person who typically only owns guns for hunting or shotgun sports and does not truly believe in the true premise of the second amendment. These people also generally treat owners/users of so called "non sporting" firearms like handguns or semiautomatic rifles with unwarranted scorn or contempt.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZjL1aiZoeOA
If this doesn't pass it isn't because of gun grabbing snowflakes. It is OTHER hunters wanting to "protect" their time in the woods and their opportunity to get the largest buck! If you've ever wondered how laws get passed (or opposed) - this video will hopefully open your eyes. Here are some of the highlights from my testimony yesterday.
What you don't see in this video is the side conversations and comments before and after this committee. As we were preparing the gear in the hallway of the board room, I had someone approach me and say, "Is that one of those scary AR15 guns?" Then she made a comment under her breath and stormed away.
I am not sure if she was an elected representative or just a "concerned" citizen there in attendance or someone from a special interest group against hunting.
I also had someone in the elevator as I was leaving say to me, "...that airbow thing isn't going to pass. It would kill the archery season." I am assuming they were there from one of the other hunting advocacy groups.
This bill would specifically open up new hunting opportunities for disabled hunters and disabled veterans due to the safe and ease of use of airbow / air bolt technologies as compared to vertical bows and crossbows. View the bill here: http://www.legislature.mi.gov/documents/2019-2020/billintroduced/House/pdf/2019-HIB-4332.pdf?fbclid=IwAR1VCKwAr1EMuMZG_DIhNBOVZxihOcMyJ2pKMdRQD7Gn6VeaPx0fumce2ko
Get involved and send a letter of support to email: [email protected]! His office will then submit those letters of support for the senate hearings which come up next. You can also contact your individual representatives and senators to ask them to support the bill. Find your elected officials here:
House: https://www.house.mi.gov//mhrpublic/frmFindaRep.aspx
Senate: https://senate.michigan.gov/
