Hunting restriction bill to be introduced in Indiana (1/9/2003)

An Indiana State Senator has announced that she will pursue legislation that will restrict hunting in the state and impose tougher trespass penalties.

Senator Rose Antich (D-Lake, Porter) is planning to sponsor a bill that will prohibit hunting within 200 yards of an inhabited residence. This legislation is being prepared in response to unfounded safety concerns and landowner conflicts.

The safety concerns ignore the impressive record that hunting continues to exhibit. Last year, nearly fifteen million people hunted. During that time, only 78 were killed in accidents, and none of those killed were neighbors or bystanders. A National Safety Council report says hunting is safer than swimming, bicycling, and playing baseball, golf, tennis and basketball.

Senator Antich’s bill will make hunting in urban zones virtually impossible. Most citizens are concerned about skyrocketing deer populations, so now is not the time to place additional restrictions on hunting, the most effective and economic population control.

This bill is unnecessary and counter-productive. Senator Antich can count on solid opposition from the U.S. Sportsmen’s Alliance and its members in Indiana if she follows through with her intention to introduce this legislation.

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