Hunters Push to Allow Sunday Hunting In Pennsylvania
No hunting on Sunday — sounds old-fashioned, right? It may surprise you, but 11 states (Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Virginia and West Virginia) still have sunday-hunting prohibitions that date back to “blue laws” enacted in the 1700s. But now there is a strong effort to change that in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
Sportsmen Urged to Attend 10/27 Hearing
The Pennsylvania House Game and Fisheries Committee will hold its third and final public hearing on Thursday, Oct. 27, beginning at 9 a.m. in Room 140 of the Main Capitol Building in Harrisburg, PA. The National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF) along with the Sunday Hunting Coalition is urging all sportsmen to come out and show their support for the removal of this antiquated blue law. NSSF has sent this call to action to every firearms retailer in the state urging their customers to support the repeal and take action by calling committee members. The NSSF estimates that allowing hunting on Sunday could increase economic activity in Pennsylvania to the tune of more than $764 million annually.
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Could make it better by allowing the use of a suppressor if bothering thy neighbor is a problem!
If you want to give the game ‘rest days’ then prohibit hunting on Monday and Tuesday when almost everyone is working.
With reference to Jedi’s comments on “hunters” shooting each other – you can legislate against dumb. I am pretty sure killing other hunters is not allowed now and still it happens. An extra day will not change that. Just spread the death over 7 days and not 6.
The law has changed in Md. Jedi, some of us work monday thru saturday. If you don’t want to hunt on sunday that is your choice, just don’t inflict your choice on others.