Shooting prairie dogs with a suppressed rifle in OK & KS

[dennishoddy]

Wormydog, your preaching to the choir here.

I have taken to using my electronic muffs in most occasions to protect the hearing. We live in Ok where the wind sweeps down the plains. Sometimes they are useless with background wind noise.
I would prefer not.
I'm so concerned about my hearing that I've passed shots or blown them trying to get some ear plugs installed.
TRUST ME! You don't want to loose your ability to hear.

If Ks has passed this, we need sombody knowledgeable in politics to get a copy of the law and we need to lobby our Legislators

 

[vdub]

Wormy,
Those are all reasons I have seen people use that is why I stated that in the first line. They are not reasons in any reasonable or logical defense to prohibiting suppressors being used, in my opinion. Which is why I included how I would have liked to seen the suppressor hunting bill introduced by Senator Russell in this past legislative session to have been worded. Unfortunately, we all lost out on the restored ability to exercise our rights when the bill was gutted and replaced with Open Carry legislation.

I don't hunt alot but would love to use suppressors to whack prairie dogs, coyotes and hogs. Unfortunately, there are some among us that are not in the same boat and are the ones I quoted in a couple of those reasons.

Senator Russell is the guy to help us out. Unfortunately, it seemed to be an extreme up hill battle. Hopefully, we can encourage him to try again with some updated wording so it doesn't put limitations on where you can exercise the right. Just makes you have to obey the laws that are already in place regarding NFA items.

 

[dennishoddy]

I'll try to get a bug started in our Rep. He owns a hunting ranch, and is very pro-active in the gun legislation. first year guy, so he is still listining to the people, instead of working for votes.

 

[vdub]

So I went and dug up the Kansas bill that was signed by the governor. This is a pretty interesting bill because it allows hunting, fur harvesting and fishing with suppressors. Yes, FISHING!!!!

SENATE BILL No. 152
AN ACT concerning wildlife; relating to hunting; amending K.S.A. 2010 Supp. 32-1002
and repealing the existing section.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Kansas:
Section 1. K.S.A. 2010 Supp. 32-1002 is hereby amended to read as
follows: 32-1002. (a) Unless and except as permitted by law or rules and
regulations adopted by the secretary in accordance with K.S.A. 32-805, and
amendments thereto, it is unlawful for any person to:
(1) Hunt, fish, furharvest or take any wildlife in this state by any means
or manner;
(2) possess, any wildlife, dead or alive, at any time or in any number,
in this state;
(3) purchase, sell, exchange, ship or offer for sale, exchange or shipment
any wildlife in this state;
(4) take any wildlife in this state for sale, exchange or other commercial
purposes;
(5) possess any seine, trammel net, hoop net, fyke net, fish gig, fish
spear, fish trap or other device, contrivance or material for the purpose of
taking wildlife; or
(6) take or use, at any time or in any manner, any game bird, game
animal, coyote or furbearing animal, whether pen-raised or wild, in any
field trial or for training dogs.
(b) The provisions of subsections (a) (2) and (a)(3) do not apply to
animals sold in surplus property disposal sales of department exhibit herds
or animals legally taken outside this state, except the provisions of subsection
(a)(3) shall apply to:
(1) The meat of game animals legally taken outside this state; and
(2) other restrictions as provided by rule and regulation of the secretary.
(c) The provisions of this section shall not be construed to prevent:
(1) Any person from taking starlings or English and European sparrows;
or
(2) owners or legal occupants of land from killing any animals when
found in or near buildings on their premises or when destroying property,
subject to the following: (A) The provisions of all federal laws and regulations
governing protected species and the provisions of K.S.A. 32-957
through 32-963, and amendments thereto, and rules and regulations adopted
thereunder; (B) it is unlawful to use, or possess with intent to use, any such
animal so killed unless authorized by rules and regulations of the secretary;
and (C) such owners or legal occupants shall make reasonable efforts to
alleviate their problems with any such animals before killing them.;
(3) any person who is licensed under the personal and family protection
act, K.S.A. 75-7c01 et seq., and amendments thereto, from exercising the
right to carry a concealed handgun while lawfully hunting, fishing or furharvesting;
or
(4) any person who lawfully possesses a device or attachment of any
kind designed, used or intended for use in suppressing the report of any
firearm from using such device or attachment in conjunction with lawful
hunting, fishing or furharvesting.
(d) Any person convicted of violating provisions of this section shall
by be subject to the penalties prescribed in K.S.A. 32-1031, and amendments
thereto, except as provided in K.S.A. 32-1032, and amendments
thereto, relating to big game and wild turkey.
Sec. 2. K.S.A. 2010 Supp. 32-1002 is hereby repealed.
SENATE BILL No. 152—page 2
Sec. 3. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its
publication in the statute book.

 

[tslabaugh]

That's worth about 5 to 10 in the pen. Do you understand that one?

Hahahaha. Love it.

 

[dennishoddy]

So I went and dug up the Kansas bill that was signed by the governor. This is a pretty interesting bill because it allows hunting, fur harvesting and fishing with suppressors. Yes, FISHING!!!!

The legislature is out of session now, but I will forward this to Steven Vaughn, and we will see what happens in the next session.

 

[vdub]

Let us know what he thinks and the rest of us can put pressure on our Reps to see about getting this introduced and passed. It is going to take a group effort but I am n in putting pressure on my congress critters!

 

[ElkStalkR]

That's worth about 5 to 10 in the pen. Do you understand that one?
.

I was reffering to if you had LEGALLY obtained a suppressor. Unless you think you can really get 5-10 for shooting p-dogs with a legal suppressor.

 

[Wormydog1724]

I was reffering to if you had LEGALLY obtained a suppressor. Unless you think you can really get 5-10 for shooting p-dogs with a legal suppressor.

Doing something ILLEGAL with a LEGALLY obtained NFA item WILL more than likely get you a huge fine, and yes possibly jail time. But You should try it out and let us know how it works out for ya.