[Codek]

I would've fixed the hutch myself. I could never kill an animal, no matter what it was. Squirrel, rabbit, rat, dog. I pretty much find hunting, in general, to be pretty much worthless. Going out into the wilderness where you don't belong, and popping an utterly defenseless deer, rabbit, etc... with no way to fight back just seems wrong. Shooting may be fun, and make you feel manly, whatever you like it for. But any live target, unless for a specific, justified reason against the individual, just doesn't float my boat. Domestic animal abuse just flat out boils my blood. I quite enjoy Jacob's opinions here.

Why do you have to criminalise sportshooting when in fact it's perfectly moral?

Hunting is worthless, yeah, because nobody does hunting anymore. There is a very select few, but other than that, it's all pest-control. The reason I kill these pests, is because I know exactly what they do. Seagulls rip up garbage bags, foxes kill domesticated cats, pigeons carry more disease than the common black rat did in the great plague, grey squirrels are making native red squirrels extinct, and the common brown rabbit multiplies in staggering numbers, devouring corn crops like locusts.

There IS a reason that we are only allowed by LAW to kill these vermin. You'd probably be suprised by the number of households that actually own a rifle and regularly take out vermin that stray onto property. It's very low - the majority of these animals are killed professionally by city and town contracted pest controllers. There are literally hundreds of rat traps around most cities and towns, and countless pigeon/seagull egg-killers. There is a whole industry market for contraptions that make roofs inhospitable to seagulls and pigeons. And there are numerous warren-hunters around the country.

We aren't the ones who control it, we just help, with our skills in gun use. The likelihood is, that most the animals you kill with a rifle, were either headed for termination by a professional pest controller, or were going to make a nuisance out of themselfs, or were going to die on a road. If you've ever been to anywhere like Cornwall in England, then you would know that Seagulls are MAJOR problem.

Now, I go Airsofting, which is very similar to paintballing but doesn't involve the paint. I do target shooting, and various forms of mockup counter-terrorism roleplay games. Guns and targetshooting are hobbies of mine, so why the hell not use my skills the help out my local area by reducing pest numbers?

And dude, I'm sorry if you feel that way about the poor, fluffy cute bunnywabbits, but maybe if you were a farmer who was about to lose his farm because huge flocks of rabbits were eating through your crops, then you might have a change of heart and kill the bastards. Otherwise, go fucking join PETA.