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The Pros And Cons Of Hunting Laws

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There is a new hunting law that was just signed by Scott Walker on November 11th, the law is that now there is no age limit to deer hunting, rabbit, squirrel, ruffed grouse, or pheasant hunting with a bow or gun. They can hunt with no age limit but they still need a parent or guardian that is 18 years or older. Kids have to wait five days before they can start hunting if they are under twelve years old. Some people think that this is a good law and that it should stay a law but I think that it is just dumb that they even allow a kid to hold a gun and he/she could be a baby, people will get hurt or killed because they gave the gun to a toddler.

People could get hurt or Killed The number of children killed by a gun is about 125 people per year, said the Brady Campaign. A five year old boy shot and killed his sister Caroline with a rifle that was given to him as a birthday gift. Acording to https://www.aol.com/article/news/2017/12/01/wisconsin-sells-10-hunting-licenses-to-infants-thanks-to-new-law/23294410/ more than 3,000 kids are shot and sent to a hospital for accidental shootings. …show more content…

13 percent of the kids that were in the trauma center from getting shot died.Less than two percent of kids in the trauma center with other injuries died. Gunshot injuries in America can cost about 700million dollars a

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