Jensen, leave your politics aside here, they're clouding your judgement. It's not perfect, but it's something, a push in the right direction. We desperately need SOMETHING. Anything sounds great right now.

It is one of the few good things the GOP has come up with, but deeply flawed nonetheless. I like the hunter safety credit in school, but that may just credit people who do it anyway. It doesn't make schools do it or at least offer it as an after-school program. The teachers' union is against this, because teachers already have a lot to contend with, but if it was run as an after-school program by volunteer firearm safety instructors, you could get around that.

The reduced license for newcomers is good, but there is not much evidence that this prevents people from hunting. Most license fees for residents are reasonable. The $20 referral is simply a freebie that will hurt budgets. I take newcomers hunting and fishing, but the $20 would not make up for the time. I do it because I believe in it, and want our heritage to continue.

Here in MN, we had a proposed RAISE in the licenses, which was needed to stop the Game and Fish fund from going broke, be blocked by the GOP, even though hunting and fishing groups were for the increase.

So, a typical GOP ploy to show they are supposedly pro-hunting. Meanwhile, they do everything to help the rich and the polluters destroy our game and fish habitat and privatize places to hunt and fish. They also starve wildlife/natural resource departments of the resources needed to do their work, part of which is promoting (not just regulating) hunting and fishing.