"Here's betting that if this 'shooting cats' is passed, there will be some humans getting shot too. Someone's going to shoot the wrong cat, an unseen collar or something."
To paraphrase one of the other posters you ought to bear in mind you'll be shooting at someone who is armed.
In October I nailed a buck at about 300 yards clean in the heart. With a single shot rifle. No scope. Just my range and windage finder.
And I am not the best shot I know. I know guys who'd think I was a pussy for taking an "easy" shot.
Any cat lovers who decide to go after even "yahoo" hunters should write their will first and bring along a body bag for themselves out of sheer courtesy for the coroner when they come out to clean up the mess.
You might shoot for fun. I shoot to eat and so do a lot of guys out there.
Hey, you really want to go crazy? Go after one of the Ted Nugent type bow hunters. Those guys will creep up behind a deer and nail him from less than fifty feet. With a bow and arrow. Go after one of those guys and you'll likely be skinned, cleaned, and bagged before your gut pile attracts the first crow. And your cat will make a nice fur collar for his wife's deerskin coat.
Besides, just because there's no law allowing cat population control in your area does not mean it isn't going on. The folks who do it just don't talk about it and cat lovers comfort themselves pretending their tabby got run over or picked up at a pound.
Keep telling yourself that.
And then KEEP YOUR CAT IN YOUR HOUSE and you won't have to worry about any of it.
You missed my point, but I'm not going to try to explain it to 'machoman' again.
Happy hunting, Davey Crockett.
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I have never been crazy with the macho hunter who gets a sense of fulfillment or adventure out of using modern technology, usually in the form of a high-powered rifle, to kill, at long range, an animal that was not trying to harm him.
Your "hunting" excitement is a substitute for something else.
Let me remind you that many cat owners are more accurate with a rifle than you. ;-)
What a glib command by you. Just think how much wiser you would have been if you had gotten some oxygen at birth.
Maybe you wouldn't have fallen for that "Nuclear Freeze" baloney.
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For nesting season, I agree. Otherwise, it is rather pointless. Funny thing is, I had a neighbor just like you. One day a feral cat strolled in, ignored his huge dog and made himself at home. He's still there, coming and going as he pleases.
You are just a pussy with a weapon. What a bummer!