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Justice Scalia Shares Gun Love with Justice Kagan on Hunting Trip
guns.com ^ | 26 April, 2012 | dabneybailey

Posted on 04/26/2012 1:43:37 PM PDT by marktwain

Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia has found himself a new enthusiastic hunting partner in fellow Justice Elena Kagan. We know what you're thinking: "Wait a second, isn't Kagan that new judge Obama appointed?" Yep, that's the one. We're just as surprised (and delighted) as you are.

We have to give some kudos to Scalia, but it looks as though we have Sen. James Risch of Idaho to ultimately thank for this fortunate turn of events. Back in 2010 when Obama nominated Kagan for the Supreme Court position, Risch asked Kagan about her views on gun rights. She admitted that she'd never fired a gun before, but made a promise to go hunting with Scalia if she were confirmed.

Kagan kept her promise and went on a hunting trip with her philosophical opposite. The pair took a quick trip to a Virginia shooting range, followed by a hunting trip in the Washington area. When asked about the experience, Kagan replied, "It turns out, it's really good fun." The pair are planning on hunting again in Montana this October.

We can't be certain if Justice Scalia was motivated by political reasons or simply by a desire to find a new hunting pal, but we're not complaining. Another Supreme Court justice discovering her newfound love of guns is music to our ears. It's all a bit ironic considering that Kagan came off as a unsympathetic to gun rights a few years ago. As it turns out, all it took to get her to change her mind about guns was to actually pick one up.


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: banglist; constitution; gun; kagan
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To: TigersEye

It varies from year to year, but we often have a multitude of acorns in these woods, and this is a sought after area for hunting. If we didn’t mow, our yard would be overgrown with trees in a very short time.


101 posted on 04/26/2012 3:59:55 PM PDT by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: trisham
I see what you mean. This guy is just like the one I had. I didn't take it myself some hunters gave it to me.


102 posted on 04/26/2012 4:00:25 PM PDT by TigersEye (Life is about choices. Your choices. Make good ones.)
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To: TigersEye

I guess deer digestion filters out acorn grodiness better than pigs’ do. Pigs are omnivores and are not ruminants like deer with their own little built in silo.


103 posted on 04/26/2012 4:04:34 PM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (Sometimes progressives find their scripture in the penumbra of sacred bathroom stall writings (Tzar))
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To: HiTech RedNeck
You may not like the acorn fed pork, but I like it just fine, and folks pay good money for jamon iberico. You can bring me your acorn fed pigs 30-70 lbs. ;)

It may be an acquired taste. Acorn finished pork has gone on for a long time in the European Mediterranean area.

/johnny

104 posted on 04/26/2012 4:04:34 PM PDT by JRandomFreeper (Gone Galt)
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To: JRandomFreeper

Ya know maybe I shouldn’t talk till I’ve personally tried it. It might be a matter of love/hate. A lot of folks on FR have said they don’t like the acorny taste of older wild porkers.


105 posted on 04/26/2012 4:06:45 PM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (Sometimes progressives find their scripture in the penumbra of sacred bathroom stall writings (Tzar))
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To: HiTech RedNeck
I don't particularly care for anything over 70 lbs for wild, personally (hard to handle by myself, and can be gamey).

It also may depend on the area. Here in Texas, the acorns do a fine job of making the little guys fat and tasty.

/johnny

106 posted on 04/26/2012 4:10:00 PM PDT by JRandomFreeper (Gone Galt)
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To: TigersEye

A beautiful bird.


107 posted on 04/26/2012 4:13:04 PM PDT by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: Jennikins
“I don’t know anyone who kills for food nowadays.”

You do live a sheltered life.

One of the best holiday dishes I've ever eaten was Bean-n-Elk....our Supervisor went out to Montana every fall and hunted.

This was when I worked for Northwest Airlines in Minnesota and now in Florida, a lady that my wife works with fishes, with her husband, for sport, and give the fish to my wife for some very tasty consumption.

Your faith is weak.

108 posted on 04/26/2012 4:15:58 PM PDT by Puckster
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To: Dusty Road
"...all 50 states have laws in place that make it a crime to waste or leave in the field any game animal taken."

Uhhh, not entirely. I hunted fall '10 in Alaska, took a 8 1/2 ' brown bear. Skinned it and left the rest, except the heart which I insisted the guide take. We had it for dinner, tough but tasty, and the guides and outfitter all said it was the first brown they had ever tasted. I assume it is a carrier of trichinosis.

I also have helped my BIL in Mich with deer eradication, killing 20 one summer on crop damage permits. Not required to recover them at all, but we butchered at least half of them.

109 posted on 04/26/2012 4:15:58 PM PDT by diogenes ghost
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To: Manly Warrior

I don’t like people who trophy hunt or go shooting animals for fun and sport. I’d never tell someone not to do it nor would I support laws to outlaw hunting in that manner. I simply refuse to take part in it or have anything to do with such actions. The OP stated his/her opinion and I don’t see any place when they demanded you or anyone else stop hunting for sport....

No one asked for your unsolicited opinion either, but you are free to give it, just as long as you follow FR’s rules and the comments meet Jim and the Mod’s approval.

And guess what....your opinion is as valid as the OP and others who have said they also do not like trophy or sport hunting.


110 posted on 04/26/2012 4:17:34 PM PDT by Brytani (Liberals - destroying America since 1776)
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To: Jennikins
There is a type of meat I eat.... I call it PAIN MEAT.... meat is MUCH more succulent and tender when the animal has suffered for HOURS and DAYS.... PAIN MEAT.... mmmmmmmm Torture your animals for that delicious PAIN MEAT......


111 posted on 04/26/2012 4:20:02 PM PDT by Lazamataz (Admin Moderator refuses to let me hit it. -- http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/2875871/posts)
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To: Brytani
How about my opinion about Yummy PAIN MEAT....?

Good?

112 posted on 04/26/2012 4:21:15 PM PDT by Lazamataz (Admin Moderator refuses to let me hit it. -- http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/2875871/posts)
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To: Tenacious 1

Bingo. Hope she isn’t trading some 2nd amendment favors for Roe V. Wade concessions.


113 posted on 04/26/2012 4:21:26 PM PDT by catfish1957 (My dream for hope and change is to see the punk POTUS in prison for treason)
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To: Tenacious 1

Bingo. Hope she isn’t trading some 2nd amendment favors for Roe V. Wade concessions.


114 posted on 04/26/2012 4:23:02 PM PDT by catfish1957 (My dream for hope and change is to see the punk POTUS in prison for treason)
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To: Jennikins
You sound like a DU kook.
115 posted on 04/26/2012 4:27:04 PM PDT by clee1 (We use 43 muscles to frown, 17 to smile, and 2 to pull a trigger. I'm lazy and I'm tired of smiling.)
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To: Dusty Road; Jennikins

Out neighbors male and female ALL hunt for food. If they don’t need the meat there are plenty of people in the community that do....relatives and neighbors get first dibs.
Local locker will even clean, butcher and package it for you just like a hog or cow.


116 posted on 04/26/2012 4:27:09 PM PDT by hoosiermama
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To: Jennikins
I don’t know anyone who kills for food nowadays.

Wow, you need to visit some of the other 56 states!

117 posted on 04/26/2012 4:37:13 PM PDT by Right Wing Assault (Dick Obama is more inexperienced now than he was before he was elected.)
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To: Jennikins

“I don’t know anyone who kills for food nowadays.”

You eat live animals? How’s that work?


118 posted on 04/26/2012 4:45:06 PM PDT by APatientMan (Pick a side)
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To: Jennikins

I do not eat meat, ever.
?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????

You poor poor thing , Suffering from loss of mental acuity, fertility, stamina and over all vitality. Whoever is subjecting you to eating vegetables only should be charged with endangerment.


119 posted on 04/26/2012 4:53:15 PM PDT by W. W. SMITH (Obama is Romney lite)
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