[ZULU]

"reproductive control methods"

I suggest Assemblyman Anthony Chiappone and the other representatives in Trenton who feel the Black bear population, currently restricted mainly to the northwestern, huntable sections of the state, be supplied with several boxes of condoms and turned loose during breeding season to address the wanton reproductive activities of black bears.

One way or the other, the outcome would be most salubrious for the remaining rational residents of that state.

[olde north church]

Does Assemblyman Anthony Chiappone have a brother-in-law with a black bear studying business. I wonder if it has anything to do with the black bear appearances in the "Sopranos"?
I would like to start a petition that prevents the NJ assembly from meeting on any day ending in the last three letters "day".

[ken5050]

Your got the title of the bill wrong...IT prohibits Black Bears in NJ from hunting humans or pets for a period of 5 years.

[Jonah Hex]

I want to be there when Assemblyman Anthony Chiappone tries to put a condom on a bear. I'll bring the popcorn.

[kdot]

Unfortunately, many wont take the bear problem seriously until the child of a high-profile family is killed. The bears are dangerous. My family has lived in the same town for generations and there was an implied respect between the few bears we had and us. Now, there are so many bears that the way of life has changed. My brother can't leave his (little) dog outside on a leash any more. The bears come right up on the deck almost daily. My Mom opened the house door and walked on the deck to find a bear hanging out! She quickly retreated back into the house. Shoot one to save your life and you'll be interrogated endlessly.

For those who say the bears were there first, I say "You don't know what you're talking about". If there can be deer hunts to thin the population, why not bear? Where is the common sense?

[Tacis]

Is this something that Sheila Jackson-Lee and Maxine Waters initiated?

[gilor]

There's still wildlife in Jersey???

[Condor51]

Anthony Chiappone (D)
(the 'D' is for Dimwit)

Why do I get the feeling that 'Ant'ony has NEVER fired a gun, let alone hunted. Especially considering that he's from BAYONNE! As good 'ole little Ant-ony is a city fella, and by his looks I doubt ANT-ony has never been further north west in NJ than say... Morristown. Heck, he probably spends more time in Staten Island than Jersey.

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This is from the New Jersey Division of Fish and Wildlife:

Black bears are the largest land mammal in the Garden State and live in forested areas throughout northern New Jersey. Here in the most densely populated state in the nation black bears are thriving in close proximity to people.

Today, New Jersey's black bear population is increasing and expanding as is the number of conflicts between humans and black bears.

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So once again, we have a stoo-pid dem, sticking their nose in something they know absolutely NOTHING about. As I would assume that IF the Bear population was threatened, which is contrary to Fish & Wildlife, I'd think the Assemblymen FROM THAT area of the state would raise this concern.

So yeah, like a few have noted, maybe ANT-ony's cousin Guido has a Bear Condom business. Or his uncle Vinny has an inside track on the sale of diaphragms for female bears.

[joesnuffy]

Liberals love death and hate God....they worship the creature and deny the creator....
Man is made in God's image...Liberals hate God and hate man....

Liberals love all predators both four and two legged...

When decent people start killing dangerous predators the predators soon get the message and move on to easier prey...

A couple of pit bulls in the back yard wont hurt either...bears dont like them...and vice versa

[Pan_Yans Wife]

bear ping

[Dan from Michigan]

Chiappone here needs to go to bear country and live in the middle of it. Maybe the dumbass can learn something about nature.

BTW - The saying "shoot, shovel, shut up" comes to mind if they cause problems.

[Freemeorkillme]

This sleezeball has probably never seen a black bear in person. So far this year, I've had 3 sightings since January.

Last time, the black bear(~400lbs) was just sitting right outside my bay window gazing inquisitively into the house.

This hunt issue is also closely tied to 2nd amendment issues and self-defense issues.

I blast the bear(even in my house), I
1.) Go to jail
2.) Loose my license to a Constitutional right I already possess
3.) WILL be sued by some lobbyist or activist
4.) End up paying all sorts of court fees and judgments against me.
5.) Automatically, forfeit my firstborn in the whom to McSleezy's stem cell research plan
6.) ........you make it up here........

Those of us in bear counties in NJ know much better than this crook.

[Oberon]

I think they should live-trap about a thousand bears from the northwest part of the state, and turn them loose in downtown Trenton.

That would solve several problems at once.

[Coleus]

Was the Bill Passed?