{"id":2876,"date":"2024-01-31T14:17:06","date_gmt":"2024-01-31T14:17:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gunsandpride.com\/?p=2876"},"modified":"2024-01-31T14:17:06","modified_gmt":"2024-01-31T14:17:06","slug":"well-ill-be-a-fudd-the-orange-nation-carry-connoisseurs-and-tactical-bros-are-all-in-on-conservation-together","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gunsandpride.com\/?p=2876","title":{"rendered":"Well I&#8217;ll Be a Fudd: The Orange Nation, Carry Connoisseurs and Tactical Bros Are All In on Conservation Together"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\">\n<figure><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn0.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Hunters-in-Low-Light-Shooting_Buzz-HayesConfluence-Group-Photo.png\" data-caption=\"Buzz Hayes\/Confluence Group Photo\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"468\" class=\"entry-thumb td-modal-image\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn0.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Hunters-in-Low-Light-Shooting_Buzz-HayesConfluence-Group-Photo-696x468.png\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn0.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Hunters-in-Low-Light-Shooting_Buzz-HayesConfluence-Group-Photo-696x468.png 696w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Hunters-in-Low-Light-Shooting_Buzz-HayesConfluence-Group-Photo-300x202.png 300w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Hunters-in-Low-Light-Shooting_Buzz-HayesConfluence-Group-Photo-700x471.png 700w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Hunters-in-Low-Light-Shooting_Buzz-HayesConfluence-Group-Photo-768x517.png 768w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Hunters-in-Low-Light-Shooting_Buzz-HayesConfluence-Group-Photo-150x101.png 150w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Hunters-in-Low-Light-Shooting_Buzz-HayesConfluence-Group-Photo-624x420.png 624w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Hunters-in-Low-Light-Shooting_Buzz-HayesConfluence-Group-Photo-560x377.png 560w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Hunters-in-Low-Light-Shooting_Buzz-HayesConfluence-Group-Photo.png 953w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" alt=\"\" title=\"Hunters in Low Light Shooting_Buzz Hayes:Confluence Group Photo\"\/><\/noscript><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Buzz Hayes\/Confluence Group Photo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-next-post-navi\">\n<p>\nNext Post Coming Soon&#8230;\u25b6\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As a lifelong hunter, former employee of the NRA (and still a member despite their current challenges), diehard 2A supporter, concealed carry permit holder and author of a book on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Shooters-Bible-Guide-AR-15s-Comprehensive\/dp\/1616084448\">AR-15s<\/a>, and now editor of <em>TTAG<\/em>, I simply have to laugh at some of the arguments I see on hunting and gun message boards as well as sometimes in our own comments section baring all the animosity between hardcore gun guys and longtime hunters. Some tactically or defensively minded gun guys are quick to judge anyone who hunts as someone who doesn\u2019t understand the purpose of the Second Amendment, loves only old guns and revolvers and should be derogatorily called a Fudd. Likewise, I\u2019ve seen my share of hunters\u2014mostly old school dudes, not so much of the younger class of sportsmen\u2014who don\u2019t get why some of us dig hunting with modern sporting rifles or can\u2019t understand why some so-called \u201ctactards\u201d want to simply crank shots off at paper targets and dream of the day they get to be in a defensive situation with their sidearm or AR.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It seems to me, all of us gun owners are kind of in this thing together with our love of shooting and firearms, regardless of what brings us to the table. God knows, there are enough antis out there trying to take ALL of our gun rights away, so it seems we have a hell of a lot more in common than we don\u2019t.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Here\u2019s a short video from the NSSF on just one such area where we are all in it together. And it\u2019s a good thing, for anyone who buys a handgun or ammo in this country is helping to support\u2014through excise taxes charged on the purchase of those items\u2014conservation.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/well-ill-be-a-fudd-the-orange-nation-carry-connoisseurs-and-tactical-bros-are-all-in-on-conservation-together\/about:blank\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" frameborder=\"0\" webkitallowfullscreen=\"\" mozallowfullscreen=\"\" allowfullscreen=\"\" data-rocket-lazyload=\"fitvidscompatible\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/222719979\"><\/iframe><noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/222719979\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" frameborder=\"0\" webkitallowfullscreen=\"\" mozallowfullscreen=\"\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Conservation takes several forms, but with regard to excise taxes, it goes to state game departments to maintain public hunting lands, maintain healthy populations of game animals (you have to have something to hunt, as my daughter, when she was six once told a nosy anti-hunting woman pressing her on hunting in the aisle of a department store \u201cof course you don\u2019t shoot everything or you wouldn\u2019t have anything else to hunt!\u201d), support hunter recruitment and build and maintain public shooting ranges.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So, it seems, whether some of you like it or not, be ye a Fudd or a Tactard or like me, a good bit of both, we\u2019re all in this together.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Next, we\u2019ll all sing Kumbaya together. What do ya say?<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-next-post-navi\">\n<p>\nNext Post Coming Soon&#8230;\u25b6\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/well-ill-be-a-fudd-the-orange-nation-carry-connoisseurs-and-tactical-bros-are-all-in-on-conservation-together\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Buzz Hayes\/Confluence Group Photo Next Post Coming Soon&#8230;\u25b6 As a lifelong hunter, former employee of the NRA (and still a member despite their current challenges), diehard 2A supporter, concealed carry permit holder and author of a book on AR-15s, and now editor of TTAG, I simply have to laugh at some of the arguments I [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2877,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-2876","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-reviews"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gunsandpride.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2876","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gunsandpride.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gunsandpride.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gunsandpride.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gunsandpride.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2876"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gunsandpride.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2876\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gunsandpride.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2877"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gunsandpride.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2876"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gunsandpride.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2876"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gunsandpride.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2876"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}