Traficant talks 'turkey' hunting in first post-prison interview (Will Hunt Turkey with Bow & Arrow)

The Hill ^ | 9/6/9 | Michael O'Brien

[BCrago66]

Former Rep. Jim Traficant (D-Ohio) waxed nostalgic about turkey hunting trips in his first post-prison release, lamenting that as a convicted felon, he can't carry a gun.

Traficant called into the NewsRadio 570 WKBN "Outdoor Icon" show on Saturday morning, where he reminiscent about his turkey hunting trips with the host, Denny Malloy.

[BCrago66]

More seriously, I think it's a violation of the 2nd Amendment to deprive non-violent felons of the Right to Bear Arms (but the Heller decision leaves this an open question.)

[Mentos]

I figure he’d want to bag a fresh squirrel

[Vaquero]

felons can legally own muzzle loaders...but their is some question if they can posses gunpowder.

[dalereed]

“felons can legally own muzzle loaders...but their is some question if they can posses gunpowder.”

I wonder if they can make their own legally, I used to buy the components from the local drug store and make it muself when I was in grammer school.

[MIchaelTArchangel]

I think he needs to bag a raccoon. He really needs a new rug—even more than Joe “Plugs” Biden needs one.

[TaMoDee]

I was thinking a beaver.

[Vaquero]

flowers of sulfer, potassium nitrate and ground up daddys kingsford charcoal....

I did the same thing...the St George family who owned the drug store down the block, looked at me kind of weird when I asked to buy the components....mostly it just burned as I probably didn’t make it right...

[dalereed]

I bought it every couple of weeks, I made firecrackers and rockets out of it!

I used to get 50 cll. shells from the surplus store, fill them with powder, use a straw filled with powder, set them on a ram[ and fire them.

One firecracker I made was a little large, it broke windows in 3 neighbors houses, it was 2 feet tall and 6 inches in diameter.

[Eagle Eye]

If his sentence is completed he should be armed imo.

If he is not trustworthy enough to carry a weapon he shouldn’t be free.

[xero]

We have a winner!

[ConservativeMan55]

bttt

[Snurple]

[A.Hun]

I figure he’d want to bag a fresh squirrel

Yep..

[A.Hun]

Beat me too it! LOL..a classic!

[Vaquero]

you cant do that anymore....

I use to use Goex or Elephant powder and do the same thing.

now it is considered terrorist activity....unless you have some sort of business to be doing it.

Now I save the BP for an original(1850s) pennsylvania long rifle, various Hawkin rifles and cap and ball pistols.

[MadelineZapeezda]

but did say he would be a guest on Greta van Susteren's Fox News program on Friday

[dalereed]

I quit that kind of carrying on and went to building hot rods when I was 8.

[taxcontrol]

Gun powder is not an explosive - meaning that the burn rate is less than the speed of sound. If your mixture burned, it probably qualified as gunpowder. The only reason black powder works in a gun is that the volume of gas produced increases in pressure because it is contained / directed.

[novemberslady]

I think he still has three years of probation to go.
In Ohio will he still be prevented from having a shotgun or rifle once he's finished that? (wondering out loud)

Will be sure to try to catch Gretta's show on Friday when he's on.
I think it will be interesting.

[chadwimc]

Ain’t nothing wrong with shooting a wild turkey with a bow. It takes a *REAL* woodsman to get close enough, then pull off the shot. Go get ‘em, Congressman!!!