Sunday hunting in NC

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The NC Wildlife Commission agrees Sunday Hunting should be allowed in NC. Will see how fast the legislature shoots it down.

www.wral.com/news/10474328/detail.html
Commission Recommends Allowing Sunday Hunting

POSTED: 10:55 am EST December 6, 2006
UPDATED: 10:55 am EST December 6, 2006

RALEIGH, N.C. -- Hunting in North Carolina should be allowed on Sundays, the state's Wildlife Resources Commission agreed Wednesday.

Now, their recommendation will go to state lawmakers, who will have significant opposition from the church community.

"We will take our message to the Legislature and tell them the vast majority of North Carolinians don't want this," said the Rev. Mark Creech, executive director of the Christian Action League of North Carolina. "And especially people of faith don't want it.

"There's nothing for the state to benefit in doing this at all."

Mark Duda, a consultant hired to study the issue, said 65 percent of the general population opposes Sunday hunting, while just 25 percent support it.

Any increase in the sale of hunting licenses would be offset by the need to hire as many as 72 additional game wardens, he said.

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www.charlotte.com/mld/charlotte/16177387.htm

see that didn't long for it change.



11:15 am | Sunday hunting? N.C. panel backs off
ESTES THOMPSON
Associated Press
RALEIGH, N.C. - The state's Wildlife Resources Commission backed off a decision Wednesday to support hunting on Sundays after first agreeing to recommend the change to lawmakers.

The commission will instead send a study on the issue to the Legislature without any recommendation. The panel had decided in an earlier vote Wednesday to make the recommendation, then changed course after a break.

Lawmakers can expect significant opposition from religious leaders, one pastor said Wednesday.

"We will take our message to the Legislature and tell them the vast majority of North Carolinians don't want this," said the Rev. Mark Creech, executive director of the Christian Action League of North Carolina. "And especially people of faith don't want it.

"There's nothing for the state to benefit in doing this at all."

Mark Duda, a consultant hired to study the issue, said 65 percent of the general population opposes Sunday hunting, while just 25 percent support it.

Any increase in the sale of hunting licenses would be offset by the need to hire as many as 72 additional game wardens, he said.



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