06-03-2006, 01:03 PM
Bill would ban computer-aided remote hunting in Kentucky
Courier-Journal
"Kentucky State Rep. Robin Webb, D-Grayson, was bird hunting in Texas recently with some legislators from other states when she heard about something called computer-assisted remote hunting..
Webb, an attorney from Grayson, couldn't believe it. 'All of us who were there were all sort of appalled by it,' she said.
Computer-assisted hunting is a pay-to-play online service through which the 'hunter' -- watching game movement via a real-time Internet video link -- controls a remote-operated firearm or bow with a mouse or joy stick. A click of the mouse triggers the weapon, killing -- or sometimes only injuring -- the animal.
Webb returned home determined that computer-aided long-distance hunting wouldn't become a business practice in Kentucky. She sponsored House Bill 289, which would ban it in the state. As of Friday, HB 289 was awaiting action by the House Natural Resource and Environment Committee.
Webb said she's heard no negative response about the bill from her constituents. That isn't surprising. Most hunters -- such as Louisville's John 'J. R.' Radcliff -- probably have never heard of computer-assisted remote hunting, and the few who have might suspect it's akin to a video game, not linked to real shooting action.
'You actually shoot an animal by clicking a mouse at your computer?' said Radcliff, 3rd District president of the League of Kentucky Sportsmen. 'In that case I'm 1,000 percent against it. That is not an ethical way of taking game. There's no reason why anyone should even consider it.'"
Mvh
Kim
Jeg er ikke fejlfri,men det er så tæt på at det skræmmer mig.
Courier-Journal
"Kentucky State Rep. Robin Webb, D-Grayson, was bird hunting in Texas recently with some legislators from other states when she heard about something called computer-assisted remote hunting..
Webb, an attorney from Grayson, couldn't believe it. 'All of us who were there were all sort of appalled by it,' she said.
Computer-assisted hunting is a pay-to-play online service through which the 'hunter' -- watching game movement via a real-time Internet video link -- controls a remote-operated firearm or bow with a mouse or joy stick. A click of the mouse triggers the weapon, killing -- or sometimes only injuring -- the animal.
Webb returned home determined that computer-aided long-distance hunting wouldn't become a business practice in Kentucky. She sponsored House Bill 289, which would ban it in the state. As of Friday, HB 289 was awaiting action by the House Natural Resource and Environment Committee.
Webb said she's heard no negative response about the bill from her constituents. That isn't surprising. Most hunters -- such as Louisville's John 'J. R.' Radcliff -- probably have never heard of computer-assisted remote hunting, and the few who have might suspect it's akin to a video game, not linked to real shooting action.
'You actually shoot an animal by clicking a mouse at your computer?' said Radcliff, 3rd District president of the League of Kentucky Sportsmen. 'In that case I'm 1,000 percent against it. That is not an ethical way of taking game. There's no reason why anyone should even consider it.'"
Mvh
Kim
Jeg er ikke fejlfri,men det er så tæt på at det skræmmer mig.
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