KimberMan wrote:
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It's kind of weirdly self-contradictory; they claim that CCW supercedes MR 6100.0800, subpart 1 which prohibits uncased/loaded firearms in state parks. But in the part about shining, they claim that shining wild animals while possessiing a firearm IS a violation of the shining laws, even with a permit to carry.
If the CCW law trumps other bans on firearms (the "State Park" law MR6100.0800, subpart1), why wouldn't it equally trump MS 97B.081 (shining law) or the Archery law?
As long as the agency is talking out of both sides of it's mouth a conviction is unlikely.
Well, Joe may be right on that -- and he probably is -- but speaking in terms of policy, I'd prefer that shining wild animals while carrying be unlawful. I'm not saying that there's anything wrong with having the means to defend yourself while out in the woods at night, nor having a flashlight while doing so, but shining seems to me to be very unsportsmanlike, and I don't have a problem with it being illegal.
That said, my own preferred solution to shiners and poachers is RoboDeer -- see
http://www.whoseflorida.com/wfl-images/robodeer.JPG . Let the shining poacher shoot a realistic animal, and then you unambiguously can prove his intent.
