Quote Originally Posted by Twisterdog
What is the difference in shooting a deer and eating the meat vs. paying someone to kill a cow for you, and then eating the meat? If you eat meat, an animal died. Period. There is NO difference in hunting for a deer, and going through the McDonald's drive-through for a Big Mac or some McNuggets. Unless you are a vegetarian, you have NO room to criticize hunters. To say hunting is "wrong" while you are eating meat is so incredibly hypocritical to me.

Now, hunting just for the sport or the antlers is certainly wrong, of course. But if you eat it, there is nothing wrong with hunting, anymore than there is anything wrong with going to the grocery store and buying a steak.
Well, I'm a vegetarian, but I do feel there is a difference. I certainly don't agree with the way animals are raised or processed through the meat industry, but at least there aren't people walking around randomly with guns.

I spent most of my childhood living in the country, and even though we did not permit hunting on our land, we found traces of hunters anyway. I personally don't want any firearms near my house. Another thing that really bothers me is when I see CHILDREN with guns. It's bad enough that an adult could take a bad shot, but that parents allow their children access to deadly weapons blows me away.