What?
You didn't know Kentucky voters face a constitutional amendment this year?
You're not alone..and unlike past times when the legislature has allocated
money to advertise this to the voters, I don't believe they did so this
time.
Probably
because they are ashamed.
This
amendment is a solution in search of a problem.
It
would guarantee the right of all citizens to hunt and fish. Yup, that's it.
Even a sponsor of it says there isn't really any challenge to that right. So
why are we voting on it?
NRA,
that's why.
The
National Rifle Association thinks that maybe, possibly, sometime down the road, in the future, animal
rights groups just might consider mounting a challenge to hunting and fishing.
Forget that no state, no court I am aware of has ever upheld any legal basis
for such a challenge..but then, you just don't understand the NRA.
It's
not about a future challenge; it's about throwing your political weight around
now. The NRA says "Jump', and the Kentucky legislature dutifully
asks.."How high?"
A
constitution is, by definition, the fundamental law of the land. It is supposed
to be limited to those major issues around which we organize our
government..taxes, education, roads, courts, justice, elections,etc.
Hunting
and fishing are traditions and we pass ordinary laws regulating them. We should
not clutter up our Constitution with lesser issues.
So,
not because I don't believe in hunting and fishing, but because this
amendment has no place in our Constitution, I plan to vote against it, and urge
you to do the same.
What
our legislature should have done is eliminate the "dueling"
provisions, which every four years make Kentucky the laughing stock of the
nation. Dueling? in 2012? Shirley you jest!
If
we pass this amendment, our fellow Americans will just have a second issue to
wonder if we are truly in the 21st Century.
I'm more than just sayin'...Vote
"No."
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