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11-10-2007, 09:49 AM
Anti-Hunters Ousted on Election Day
New Jersey sportsmen send lawmakers packing
November 9, 2007 (New Jersey)
New Jersey sportsmen demonstrated their political clout on Election Day by throwing out two incumbent lawmakers who have repeatedly attacked the state’s hunting traditions.
On Nov. 6, sportsmen made their way to the polls and soundly defeated state Sen. Ellen Karcher, D-Freehold, and Assemblyman Mike Panter, D-Shrewsbury. The anti-hunting lawmakers have sponsored legislation that will remove sportsmen and biologists from the Fish and Game Council and allow anti-hunting political appointees to take their place. Panter has also sponsored legislation that would ban bear hunting, fund the animal rights agenda and strip the New Jersey Fish and Game Commission of its management authority. The legislation has become a rallying cry for sportsmen to better organize to defend themselves.
“New Jersey sportsmen demonstrated that the hunting community has the numbers to affect elections and influence policy,” said USSA President Bud Pidgeon. “Hats off to New Jersey sportsmen who pulled together to send a message that our community will not stand idle while lawmaker attack the traditions of law-abiding sportsmen.”
In the weeks leading up to the election, New Jersey sportsmen mobilized to protest the bill that will change the make up of the Fish and Game Council, AB 3275. The sportsmen’s voice was heard by one of the bill’s co-sponsors, Assemblywoman Linda Greenstein, D-Monroe. She withdrew her support of the bill.
New Jersey sportsmen should continue asking their Assemblymen to oppose AB 3275, which awaits an Assembly floor vote. Let them know the bill will lead to the collapse of hunting and wildlife conservation in the state. Call (609) 292-4840 or use the Legislative Action Center at www.ussportsmen.org (http://www.ussportsmen.org/).
New Jersey sportsmen send lawmakers packing
November 9, 2007 (New Jersey)
New Jersey sportsmen demonstrated their political clout on Election Day by throwing out two incumbent lawmakers who have repeatedly attacked the state’s hunting traditions.
On Nov. 6, sportsmen made their way to the polls and soundly defeated state Sen. Ellen Karcher, D-Freehold, and Assemblyman Mike Panter, D-Shrewsbury. The anti-hunting lawmakers have sponsored legislation that will remove sportsmen and biologists from the Fish and Game Council and allow anti-hunting political appointees to take their place. Panter has also sponsored legislation that would ban bear hunting, fund the animal rights agenda and strip the New Jersey Fish and Game Commission of its management authority. The legislation has become a rallying cry for sportsmen to better organize to defend themselves.
“New Jersey sportsmen demonstrated that the hunting community has the numbers to affect elections and influence policy,” said USSA President Bud Pidgeon. “Hats off to New Jersey sportsmen who pulled together to send a message that our community will not stand idle while lawmaker attack the traditions of law-abiding sportsmen.”
In the weeks leading up to the election, New Jersey sportsmen mobilized to protest the bill that will change the make up of the Fish and Game Council, AB 3275. The sportsmen’s voice was heard by one of the bill’s co-sponsors, Assemblywoman Linda Greenstein, D-Monroe. She withdrew her support of the bill.
New Jersey sportsmen should continue asking their Assemblymen to oppose AB 3275, which awaits an Assembly floor vote. Let them know the bill will lead to the collapse of hunting and wildlife conservation in the state. Call (609) 292-4840 or use the Legislative Action Center at www.ussportsmen.org (http://www.ussportsmen.org/).