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Show Hunting Tragedies Trngediea Oa.use Oause Cause CauseState CauseState . I State wide Ooncern Concern ConcernOver ConcernOver Over Future Futuro SeasonsWith Seasons With Ulntah Umlah county suffering au1Ierlnl sufferingmost au1Ierlnlmost aufTerlimost most of ot the tragedies of the re- re recent recent rcent . - . - cent big b1g gnne gene hunt in Utah un unu.sual unusual uiusual u.sual usual . concern has been bel'n beln ' felt telt feltmany In 1r Inmany in , many clrel circles ! ' ' ! for tor the safety satf'ty satfty ' of thethousands the thetlloLands tlthousands ie tllo\Lands tllo Lands thousands \ ' ! of persons who will par parlc1pa paricipate paIctpatc lc1pa icipate tR In tll future ture hunts htluts hUQ ts The un- un unusually unusually uiusually - . - usually large number of ot fatal tatal B ac < : actdents a- a aidfntA - ; idf-ntA idf ntA 'fiN11 fiN11 tdents ' - . . will no doubt result In If'g Ifg leg legislation If'g118lat1on leiIslalion ' ( islation to restrict big game hun hunt hunting hunIng tlng t 118lat1on lng ing A preliminary examlnatl examination exarninatior examinationI examinationmay exarninatiormay examlnatlmay < n may be given an applicant for forlicense alicense e elicense a I license similar to Unit U\II.l UII.l U II.l IIl that \ . given tor for forncen&e forncene s sScenes a aIncense Scenes & to drive an IIn automobile automobiledetermine to todetermine tc tcdetermine determine whether or not he hequalified it itqualified Is Isqualltled Incense qualltled qualified to . use u.se firearms flrearms during duringthe duringthe durlithe the annual huntAn huntAn hunt huntAn An article by John Talmage ap appea appeared apeared ] pea peared red In his hl'l hll hts ' column Rod and andOun andGun arOun Oun Gun In Saturdays Saturday s Deserpt Deserf't Deserft Deseret ' News Newsand Newsand New and called attention to the grimbusiness grim grimblllness grt grtbusiness business blllness ' ! of ot hunting Mr Talmage Talmagesaid Talmagesaid Talma ) said In partI partHow partHow part How a man can shoot another anotherman anotherman r I man under tthe Impression lmpresslon thatthe that thatthe the latter la Is a deer la Is to us a com corn comIPlete cornplete plete ilete mystery The only explana explanatlon explanation explanilon tlon tion , Is that the shooter Is lc ; either eithercompletely eithercompletely eithicompletely IPlete completely unstrung by buck fev fey feyer fevt te'er teer ' t > er r under the influence Intluence of ot alco alcohol alc alchoi Ico Icohol < ' hoi hol or so naturally naturalIv can careless > less that thathe thathe thi he does not bother to make sure surewhat surewhat su . what his h1ll target Is before betore he pulls pullsthe pullsthe pul the triggerAnd trigger triggerAnd And no man in anyone any one of ot thl the th < 'Ie Ie se 'Ieconditions seconditions ' ? conditions mi-- mi mii . - - should -i i - u be t tn , allowed -n n - _ . to tohunt to tohunt o hunt or to carry a firearmThe firearm firearmThe 1 1The The difficulty dJ1ncu1ty obviously Is to tofind tofind < o I find a method of preventing suepeople such suchI suchpeople suchpeople people from menacing the lives of oftheir oftheir < > 1 their fellow hunters We doubt doubtthat doubtthat doutthat t that there Is a test whicwill which whichw11l whichwill txbecome be- be bebecome bebecome ' - : w11l will show whether a man may become a victim of buck fever tthe to tothe tothe . the extent of l looseng loceeng eng his reasoning reasoningpower reasoningpower reasoninpower power It cannot be told beforehand betore- betore before- before betorehand beforehand > - ! hand whether a man Intends tmix to tomix tomix mix alcohol with his gun powder powdernor powdernor powdenor nor can It be shown at the time a aa aa a a man buys a license that he 1 Is Isgr08sly isgrossly grossly gr08sly careless careleml carelessMowever carelemlMowever carelessMowever Mowever this could and we wefirmly welrmly wfirmly firmly lrmly believe beUeve should be done doneWhenever , Whenever a man la Is found lound ttrina tiring firing tiringa firingt R such manneaa manner manneras manneris a t hunting rifle In a as is to endanger tndanger other human be- be belogs benga bengs - - " logs nga his hunting license should baken be betaken beaken e taken aken away and no license Issueilm issued issuedhim Issuedrim a him rim for at least two or three yearluring yeara years yearaduring yearsluring s during luring which he mlg might t learn aIttle a alittle iIttle a little Ittle common sense And If a maila man manIs mans n Is s found tound with a high powered riflIn rifle riflein riflen e in n his poasesslon posse.sslon possesslon possession . while he Is 1 & under un tin under tinter der ter the Influence of liquor his lic- lic license licuse lieense - - ense use should be revoked for tor imuch a amuch anuch much nuch longer period possibly life Ufe lifeThere UfeThere lifeThere There can be no possible semriance sem- sem semblance semdance - blance dance of or an excuse for a man to tocandle t tlandle < landle andle candle a . firearm while whUe under thinfluence the theInfluence thenfluence e Influence nfluence of alcohol or converselyo converselyto conversely ' to o take even a * . ' nip at a bottliwhile bottle bottlewhUe bottlerule whUe rule he has a gun In fn his hands handsIf handsf handsIf If f the hunters must drinie drink ' at thiend the theend thend end nd of a hunt when they are badIn back backIn backn In n camp with guns unloaded and andput andut an anput < i put ut away then the1\ the1 them the1it \ . , it Is only a ques quest10n quesIon queslion t10n Ion of their own wisdom In 1n takln taklnIntoxicants taklnl taking takingatoxicants ( < Intoxicants atoxicants into their bodies 1is It ItIs Itt Is t no different dlfterent than a man drink drinkmil drinksic drinkinf mil sic after a day at the office omce officeWhen omceWhen officeWhen When When a man drinks while $ * Ue lle hila he hefa het fa t In m the field carrying carryln a lethaweapon lethal lethalweapon lethalreapon weapon reapon and expecting to fire tire lire iti it itIs 1s Is i no longer his own personal pro pro- problem problem prorem - blem rem It concerns everyone whmay who whomay whotay ( ) may tay come within range of his hl ' ! gurand Run gun Runand guned and ed It 1t la Is a matter malte for the police I authorities to handle handleColor handleColor Color BlindTurning BlindTurning Blind BlindTurning Turning now to the case of ot the thenonIntoxicated thenonintoxicated thenon-Intoxicated thenon Intoxicated non-Intoxicated non Intoxicated - hunters huntets who tire fire fireat tireat fireat at other humaji human beings apparently apparentlyunder apparentlyunder apparentlyunder under the Impression that the la 1st 1stare latare t tare are deer a more Involved problem prob prob- probll'm problem - - lem ll'm llm ' is found tound Some Borne have Bugges sugges Buggesled suggested suggesfed led ted that people making maklng such mls mis mlstlkes mistakes mistakes tl\kes tl kes takes \ are color blind and cannot cannot'iee cannotsee cannotsee 'iee iee see ' the tile red cap and vest of or anoth another anothf'r f'r fr er ' hunter huntf'r huntfr ' This hunterThis huntf'rThis Is certainly no t > excuses excuse xcuse ' ' A Adl'er Adeer Adper . dl'er dler deer ' hunter no matter maller what color colorIlls colorhis colorhis _ Ills his cap does doe'i doei ' not look like llke a df'f'r dffr deer df'f'rIwd deerand deernnd ' ' Iwd and a person per'iOIl periOIl ' who knows that he heIe heIs : I.c Ic Ie . ; color blind bHnd " should "Ihould Ihould make doubly doublysure doublysure doublysure sure of ot his target before betore so much muchral.clng muchas muchas ' as raising ral.clng ralclng . ; hi his " gun to his shoulder shoulderi shoulderlet shoulderlet shoulderiet i let alone pulling pulHng his trigger Pt Per Perhaps Perhaps > r : haps It would be unjust unJu.st . to deny denyhunting denyhunting 1hunting hunting privileges privllege.s privlleges . to color bHnd blind bHndpeople blindpeople blindpeople 1 people but any man once lnvol invol lnvolI lnvolved involved Involved ved In shooting shoot1og so 50 as to endanger endangerother endangerother ) I other hunters s1ol should ! d be given glvt'n glvtn ' a aI atest atest atest test and It If he Is color blind bllnd Iht'l Ihtl thet Iht'lhe thethe thpihe ' I he should no longer be allowed u tc uendanger tcendanger t tendanger < , endanger other hunters If It the thehandicapped thehandicapped thelandlcapped handicapped person doe does " not / ; go 1/0 1 0 to to'the tothe tohe 'the the ' the , extra trouble of taking prf pre precautions precautions ' cautions to ort offset < ; et his handicap handicapthf'n handicapthen handicapthen thf'n thfn then ' he h had hadforfeited hax tor forfeited felted his right to tohunt tohunt tohuntDeadly hunt huntDeadly Deadly ( ) t"adiy tadiy " Menace MenaceA A further turther "t t " serious > rlolls compHeall complicati compllcatlino sit sito > n no o I thp the hI ' problem problf'm problfm ' Is l"l ll " In prospect after aftert afterthe afterthe t the hf ' \ war ear ar when whf'n whfn ' indoubtedly mdoubtedly ydoubtedly auto automatlc automatee automalic matlc matee rltlf rifles ' ' ; will wUl bf be- be - beon on the commf'r commfr commer commf'rclal commercial cornmerclal ' clal cial market markl't marklt ' While Whllf ' we personaJlv personally personallydo personaJlvdo do not like Hke the Idea of ot sh x > toting totingautomatic wtingautomatic tlng tlnga.utomatlc a.utomatlc automatlc automatic . rifle-s rifle s rlnes rifles - at game from a a'Iportlng asporting asporting 'Iportlng Iportlng sporting ' pt Pc rx Int tnt otIf'W of ot \ view \If'W If'W IfW ' we will wUl ad admlt admit admit mlt mit that they U1t'Y U1tY ' are o 0 k for tor tho'if thoif those thoseafro thosewho ' ' "ho ho afro " like IIkf ' them But from the thf ' "It It stand " standir standn and andt"Y t"Y tY n " Int tnt f t rtfety atety afety the thf ' automatic be- be - beoomt becomes becomes oomt comes ' ' ! a ! \ deadly df'adlv dfadlv ' menaceTIllk menaceThik menace menaceThik Thik TIllk It H \ ver er boys It Is thp the tutire tut tutIn flitirf that l Ls Lsat Lsat ' ! 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