paulvallandigham
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ACtually, I can see a good reason to take on a state regulation that discriminates against older shooters whose eyes no longer allow them to be able to shoot open sight, but they can still shoot if allowed to use a scope. This is a handicap shooter complaint, and no one can argue that the current regulation is arbitrary, and discriminatory, and for no legitimate state purpose. Hunting is allowed to help control the population of the herd of deer. The state's interest is to make sure that primary objective is achieved, that the methods used are not cruel to the animals, nor overly dangerous to other hunters and users of the lands. A scope is actually a safety devise. The regs. could still require a side lock action, and even Black Powder with Round Ball, to keep the in-lines limited to the regular rifle season. But, its probably not unreasonable to allow hunters who need them to use a long eye Relief Scope on their side-lock rifles to hunt in a primitive firearms hunting season. I certainly dont' think most traditional shooters would begrudge a man from using a scope site when his vision is going because of age related problems, such as cateracts. Surgery will ultimately take care of that problem, but doctors won't authorize the surgery until the vision has gotten bad enough by their standards. In the meanwhile, the guy needs the help of a scope.