But she watches hunting shows with me and has a realistic view of life, and still feels compassion for the animal, as do I. I feel bad when I shoot an animal. But it is something I have an overwhelming drive to do. It's like the drive to reproduce. I can suppress it and never exercise that ability, but... for me to go on NOT hunting is like saying I won't have sex for the rest of my life (for whatever reason). It is possible to do, but why, when it is something that is considered ethical to do legally under certain conditions?
Seems to me that, the harm to society, is NOT teaching kids to hunt for sport. Doing so, not only teaches kids the respect for the outdoors,[which is, afterall, a renewable resource] but teaches them the consequences of what a firearm can really do, that there is real "life and death". Many games are nothing but shooting the enemy. No real consequences. If kids learn, that REAL bullets do kill, perhaps fewer will be on the street, killing each other, just to see what will happen, or plotting to kill their classmates with bombs,"for sport".