So let me pitch you a thought.
You pull up to a site to shoot. There are targets stapled to a stump. You leave them there and set up.
A trooper pulls in. Sees the targets on the stumps. Sites you and writes a ticket.
Do you get angry and not go back out?
Do you take down the targets the next time out if you see any?
would the wrong doers now get an even worse image because of this?
I've seen dirt bikers go off on a guy for doing something up at Browns Camp. I was a little taken back. I bet they never did it again though.
I'm just here to poke some ideas around and ask questions.
I would go to court and claim not guilty. But I get your point, yes I would take down the targets next time. Thing is... I already do that.
The real question is if the person who put the target on the stump would stop doing it when he gets ticketed for it? I think so how could they not. The real problem here is not a permit for shooters but the manpower for LEO to go out and catch these guys in the act. The thing I don't understand is why this is so hard to do, given the amount of trash left behind and downed trees. Every time I drive down Salmonberry I see people shooting at bottles and other stuff. I drove by some folks shooting at the spot that has no backstop, most every time I go in fact. Last time I went I saw a guy stapling a target to a tree, a living tree.
If there is no manpower to catch these guys already doing illegal shooting, then there is no manpower to patrol for permits and the trash shooters still do their thing. Im leaning harder to not voting for the permit idea.