Gun safety and responsibility starts in the home
This week’s column is about the responsibilities every person has when they have firearms in their home. If you keep guns of any kind in your house, then you have certain responsibilities on your shoulders whether you like it or not. Today, more than 30 million law-abiding citizen enjoy using sporting rifles, shotguns and handguns for hunting and target shooting. It has also been estimated there are more than 100 million citizens who have firearms in their homes for legitimate reasons, like home protection. Household accidents involving firearms have decreased significantly in the past 30 years, according to the National Safety Council. I would like to see this downward trend continue. However, gun owners need to comply with common sense rules when it comes to having guns in their homes. I said in a past column that I have been around guns all my life, which is very true. Dad kept a .22 rifle loaded for home protection when I was growing up, and I was told never to go near them.
» Full StoryRabbits are cute, destructive and good to hunt
I said in last weeks’ column that I have seen more young rabbits along the secondary roads this summer than I have seen in several years. This can be good or bad new.
» Full StoryThe mast survey is important
On July 31 I received my mast survey condition papers from the West Virginia Division of Natural Resources. I will most likely be a cooperator for Randolph County this year.
» Full StoryAntlerless season has not been a disaster
There is probably no single hunting season more controversial among all the deer hunters than the antlerless deer gun season.
» Full StoryChanges in hunting for 2010
For all practical purposes this year’s hunting season will be like last year’s, but there has been some changes that all sportsmen and women need to be aware of.
» Full StoryTime to go after those big, ugly catfish
I have taken a break from this outdoor column for about two months, but now I need to get back in the weekly routine.
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