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Bobby
Lv 7
Bobby asked in SportsOutdoor RecreationHunting · 1 decade ago

Signs full of bullet holes?

This summer I did a lot of traveling in the west. In Eastern Oregon, Idaho, Wyoming, and Alaska I saw many roadside signs with bullet holes. In some areas, most signs had them. I own several rifles and do hunt occasionally, and this really bothers me. What are we as hunters or the NRA as a group doing to deal with this? Apparently not all gun owners are very responsible.

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago
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    My best suggestion, short of launching a grass-roots campaign, is to practice personal responsability with your fire arms. encourage people you know to do the same, im sure you already set a good example, but you can try to talk to young people you know about the deadly responsability involved in owning and firing a weapon. The only consolation i can think of to this issue is you tend to see things like that in gun freindly areas where people are less likly to simply try to ban fire arms to solve the problem.

  • 1 decade ago

    Just remove all the signs, and pass a law forbidding the erection of any signs whatsoever.* Problem Solved, but what are they going to shoot at then?* Hee- haw.....

    Source(s): Run like a Deer.*..............Fly like an Eagle.*~~~
  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    yes, it isn't very responsible, however, it is very minor.

    I worry about a lot more serious things, like why we have revolving doors on our prisons that let gang-bangers out after just a few months when they are using their guns to shoot up neighborhoods...often neighborhoods were the honest folk can't legally own firearms to protect themselves.

  • H
    Lv 7
    1 decade ago

    What's to do? Some gun owners simply are irresponsible. If you know who they are then they should be reported to the authorities.

    H

  • 1 decade ago

    Unfortunately, this goes on everywhere,every state. No excuses, but generally it's youngsters and rednecks having to hit something with their toy. Educate in hunters safety class, but there is always one idiot out there that will do it anyway.

  • 1 decade ago

    First, it looks bad.

    Second, it is an insult to honest hunters/shooters.

    Third, it is a crime.

    These are dangerous acts of vandalism done by common criminals.

    Source(s): 20 years L.E., Police Armorer, Master Firearms Instructor and FFL Dealer
  • 1 decade ago

    It bothers me too. I have never shot a road sign, and I never will.

  • 1 decade ago

    not all gun owners are responsible are they ? what can we really do? what about all the crimes that are made with guns? murder, robbery, suicide. WHAT CAN WE REALLY DO? we should ban guns altogether!!! how can we keep these guns out of the hands of the wrong people? well, we have been trying to solve these problems for years and years and there is NO easy solution, is there? i think you have answered your own question by saying that "not all gun owners are very responsible". SO, if bullet holes in signs "really bothers" you than maybe you should look into crimes that are far, far worse. SO, if bullet holes in signs "REALLY BOTHERS" you than maybe you should seek some proffesional help for something that is SOOOOOOOO insignificant. happy hunting dude.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    drunk fat guys with shotguns and friends in a car do stupid things...

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