February 23, 2005

EVEN DEMOCRATS HAVE TO BE ABLE TO FIGURE OUT THIS ONE'S TOXIC:

Vague attempts (John McCaslin, THE WASHINGTON TIMES)

First it was Iowa and Connecticut. Then, we wrote recently, Texas.

Now, an Assembly bill has been introduced in New York to make hunting a punishable act of animal cruelty. Do we sense a pattern across this country, similar to what has beguiled Britain?

Anti-hunting lawmakers, confirms the U.S. Sportsmen's Alliance, are introducing "vague or poorly worded" animal-cruelty legislation in an effort to outlaw hunting. The latest New York bill, introduced by Democratic Assembly member Alexander Grannis, seeks to revise the state's definition of animal cruelty to include "killing or injuring ... wild game and wild birds."

Posted by Orrin Judd at February 23, 2005 7:03 PM
Comments

It's a half-vast vegan conspiracy.

Posted by: ghostcat at February 23, 2005 9:48 PM

That dog ain't gonna hunt.

Posted by: Robert Schwartz at February 24, 2005 2:03 AM

This is a massive government overreach. It might pass in NY and that eunuch Pataki is perfectly capable of signing it at this time. It seems he's resigned himself to that lobbying sinecure as a token Republican in a Democrat firm.

Posted by: Bart at February 24, 2005 6:57 AM

This is an NRA dream come true. It HAS to be a Karl Rove maskirova. It is is the absolutely, positively most, as you say, TOXIC, thing they could be talking about. We busted their chops and the AWB, just imagine what we could do to them with a hunting ban. Beautiful!

Posted by: Lou Gots at February 24, 2005 7:30 AM

Waiting for the first charge for road kill.

Posted by: john at February 24, 2005 8:37 AM

There is a Hasidic ritual involving the killing of a chicken as part of the expiation of sins on Yom Kippur. PETA went to court in Brooklyn and actually found some judge to enjoin the practice.

I know that OJ doesn't get all het up about the do-it-yourself Constitution employed by many judges, but I do.

Posted by: Bart at February 24, 2005 10:34 AM

Lou: what is a maskirova? Google does not know.

Posted by: Robert Schwartz at February 24, 2005 2:33 PM
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