The thing is, this is a non-issue bill. The point of it is not hunting; the point of it is posturing. This allows ‘Rat politicians from pro-rights states to say “See? We support gun owners! We’re good people! Vote for us!” even though they don’t really care about our rights as gun owners.
What the ‘Pubs are doing is trying to get actual pro-rights amendments put into this supposedly pro-gun-rights bill. In other words, if this bill’s ‘Rat sponsors want to see the benefits on election day in terms of being reelected, then the citizens should get some actual benefits out of it.
Gun Owners of America sent a news alert out a week or 2 ago about this very issue.
Actually it’s the people pushing the amendments who are posturing. They know it won’t pass, but they can act like they did something. Meanwhile, they are stopping a bill that would open more land for hunters. And while that may not do anything about gun rights in general, it’s still something good that could be achieved. Moreover, the anti gun people also want to get rid of hunting, because they know if there are fewer hunters, there will be fewer gunowners to fight them.