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    Conservation officers finding too many hunters driving with loaded guns

    http://www.kamloopsthisweek.com/cons...g-loaded-guns/

    A recent enforcement campaign by conservation officers found an alarming number of hunters driving with loaded firearms inside their vehicles.
    Kevin Van Damme, a conservation officer based in Kamloops, said five hunters were caught in the area this month driving with loaded rifles — one of which had the safety off.
    “The round was in the chamber and the safety was off,” he said.
    “Any bump and that round could be discharged.”
    Van Damme said a loaded gun presents a danger to the hunter, his companion and the enforcement officer as drivers typically scramble to unload the gun after being pulled over.
    Van Damme acknowledged hunters driving with loaded guns may be doing so in order to get off a quick shot.
    However, he added, rules are also in place regarding shooting in proximity to maintained roads and homes.
    The Conservation Officer Service levied tickets for the offences.
    Van Damme also said enforcement has turned up instances of hunters falsifying tag information, either claiming a deer was taken by a partner or that it was shot in another region.
    That tactic is designed to allow for the killing of two deer this season.
    Such offences can result in seizure of firearms and charges in provincial court.
    “In the Interior, there’s a large number of mule-deer days,” Van Damme said.
    “There’s a lot of pressure on these animals.”


    Thoughts everyone?
    Last edited by East Van Ray; 11-07-2014 at 01:48 PM.

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    Re: Conservation officers finding too many hunters driving with loaded guns

    Ya takes yer chances and ya pay yer dues...
    "When you judge another you don't define them, you define yourself."

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    Re: Conservation officers finding too many hunters driving with loaded guns

    Thoughts??????


    Ya.....don't drive with a loaded firearm....it could be 'bad'.

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    Re: Conservation officers finding too many hunters driving with loaded guns

    I guess a lot if people don't understand that this particular law is designed to protect them.
    1. Human over population
    2. Government burden and overreach

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    Re: Conservation officers finding too many hunters driving with loaded guns

    Ja thats just dumb! You gotta be a complete fool to drive with a loaded rifle. Unbelievable !!!

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    Re: Conservation officers finding too many hunters driving with loaded guns

    You cant legislate stupid.
    "Bears are like cops, never around when you need one, all ways around when you dont."

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    Re: Conservation officers finding too many hunters driving with loaded guns

    A good friend's father just about blew his head off by riding around in the
    cab of a truck with a loaded gun...put a hole through the shorty beak of his
    aluminum hard hat and the roof of his brand new company truck. Didn't
    help that both his driver and himself were sucking on a whiskey bottle as
    they were road hunting.

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    Re: Conservation officers finding too many hunters driving with loaded guns

    Silly boys drive with loaded guns..
    we were checked by CO's coming out of 6-01 on our way home a few weeks ago.
    After he finished swearing at us for not stopping my 9500 lb trailer on snow within 100 feet ,all our guns were checked and ok'd.
    Didn't appreciate his foul language nor the volumne.
    Quess he didn't like being called young feller by this old fart..
    He was a miserable SOB that day..

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    Re: Conservation officers finding too many hunters driving with loaded guns

    Quote Originally Posted by keoke View Post
    You cant legislate stupid.
    Or fix it...
    doesnt matter what kind of bullet it is, as long as it weighs 180 grains its DEADLY, even on ass shots....Todbartell-2009

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    Re: Conservation officers finding too many hunters driving with loaded guns

    If you're road hunting put a few cartridges in your detachable magazine, put it on the console. Lean the empty rifle in the corner of the console and passenger seat, and it's ready to grab pretty quickly if you spot a buck in the clear cut. If you're driving very slowly they won't freak out and start running, and you'll have time to shoot! Putting the mag into the rifle and pushing the bolt forward doesn't take a heck of a lot of time!
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