mountn man:
And what is the rational purpose of limiting capacity? Hit less ducks?
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SampleMan:
Yes. That's the rationale. Waterfowl are limited take for the season and/or day. The rationale behind the limitation is to make obeying that limit easier, on the premise that you need time to retrieve and identify what you just shot. That's rational.
Rational and right are two different things.
I'm not advocating a limitation, I don't see a reason for it. Neither do I see a reason to be sporting. No animal that has ever crossed in front of my rifle had a sporting chance.
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Its not 'illegal' to have a person loading one gun while you shoot another. -- So, - theoretically, - a hunter could keep up an almost machine gun rate of fire..
-- Not that anyone else would want to be anywhere near you. -- Except on a battlefield.
That's rational. Rational and right are two different things.
Hopefully you haven't just discovered that many hunting/fishing laws are easily circumvented, but exist mainly as guidelines, because there is a strong expectation that hunters will realize the need to husband the resource and comply. It follows that not everyone will agree on how to do that, but that most will agree on the fairness of everyone abiding by the same rules without going to silly lengths to circumvent them.
Websters
Rational: 1 a : being in accordance with reason b : not extreme or excessive c : MODERATE, FAIR