Dreamweaver

“Since 2004 when Montana Governor Brian Schweitzer deftly framed environmental issues as concern for the state's hunters and fishermen, a green/camo alliance has tantalized progressive strategists. At this year's DNC, the Wildlife Defense Fund sponsored an event unveiling their I Hunt, I Fish and I Vote campaign, an effort to marshal hunters and anglers towards supporting a progressive climate agenda. Nation DC Editor Chris Hayes goes inside.”

I thought this would be an interest to a great deal of people who view Democrats as anti-hunters. It has also been my feeling that hunters and fishermen are our nation’s greatest environmentalist. They care deeply about the conditions of our natural resources. It may be a long time before some democrats embrace the southern sportsman as being helpful on the environmental front. It may take even longer to convince the sportsman that most democrats recognize the difference between urban gun problems and guns used in sport.

It’s actually a very interesting divide in the United States in that when someone in the inner-cities comments on gun control that they very rarely think about the rural gun owner, they are so caught up in there dire situations and view guns as they would see them in there everyday lives… a really big problem. On the other hand the rural sportsman sees guns through there own daily view, as being part of there recreation and lifestyle. Once we can look through each other’s eyes, we can then realize that there is a compromise. We can have a comprehensive reasonable policy for gun control in America.