TN right to hunt & fish
In TN, a constitutional amendment protecting the right to hunt has passed the house:
The Tennessee House has unanimously passed a measure to amend the Tennessee Constitution to further protect the rights of hunters and fishermen.
House Joint Resolution 108 reads, “The citizens of this state have a right to hunt, fish, and harvest game and fish, subject to regulations and restrictions authorized by this constitution and prescribed by law. When reviewing such regulations and restrictions, a state court shall utilize a rational basis standard, as the standard has been defined by state courts through case law. This section shall not be construed to abrogate any private property rights, the state’s sovereignty over game and fish, or regulation of commercial activities.”
Because The Right to Keep and Bear Sporting Goods isn’t mentioned in the constitution.
June 13th, 2007 at 2:38 pm
So we’ve gotten to the point where the right to feed yourself needs to be specifically enumerated….. :shakes head:
I’m thinking the fears of the Founders when they believed the first 8 amendments were a bad idea were justified…
June 13th, 2007 at 7:07 pm
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June 13th, 2007 at 10:39 pm
If that’s the whole thing, I don’t see what it has to do with guns. You can hunt with slingshots, bows, spears, etc. What’s more, this “right to hunt and fish” appears subject to whatever regulations the legislature chooses to impose.