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RETURN OF THE CARA MONSTER It seems that some elected officials will stoop to any low to force their schemes on the rest of us. A case in point is Congressman Don Young (R ?AK). For the past five years Don Young has been trying to push through a bill that would establish a massive funding process to lock away millions of acres of private lands across the nation. Property rights advocates have fought a courageous and thus far semi-successful battle to stop those efforts. But Young keeps pushing. First, in 1999 Young introduced the Conservation and Reinvestment Act (CARA)....

www.gunowners.orgMay 2004 "Get Out of Rural America Act" Could Dry Up Hunting/Plinking Lands Gun Owners of America 8001 Forbes Place, Suite 102 Springfield, VA 22151 (703)321-8585 Thursday, May 6, 2004 Long-time GOA activists will remember CARA, known by gun owners and other opponents as the Condemnation and Relocation [of Hunting and Shooting Lands] Act. Well, CARA is back... but under a new name. The new bill is being dubbed the Get Outdoors (GO) Act, H.R. 4100, although it is more accurately dubbed the "Get Out of Rural America Act." What does H.R. 4100 do? It would allocate $3.125 billion annually...

It seems that some elected officials will stoop to any low to force their schemes on the rest of us. A case in point is Congressman Don Young (R -AK). For the past five years Don Young has been trying to push through a bill that would establish a massive funding process to lock away millions of acres of private lands across the nation. Property rights advocates have fought a courageous and thus far semi-successful battle to stop those efforts. But Young keeps pushing. First, in 1999 Young introduced the Conservation and Reinvestment Act (CARA). Opposition to the bill grew...