Michael Bane has been doing point-man work on this. The shooting industry seems to be placing a lot more (actually almost all) emphasis on hunting rather than shooting. For reasons why this is a bad idea I refer you to some of Bane's posts on the subject:
Why a Hunting-Centric Focus Hurts Us All
After reading all those you might be ready to take his Pop Quiz.
In doing some checking I ran across this old post of mine called Trust Who? which discusses a Field & Stream article that wonders if pro-hunting groups should work together with the anti-gun Sierra Club. Another oldie but goodie that is worth bringing up again is The Nationals & Defense.
If you're a member of a hunting club you might want to bring some of this up at the next meeting. I'm not & I'm pretty sure Bane isn't suggesting that we abandon hunting promotion, but it benefits hunting as well as shooting if we get more people into shooting.
Posted by Publicola at September 30, 2005 01:25 PM | TrackBack