Right to Hunt & Fish Amendment
Right to Hunt & Fish Amendment Facts at a Glance
Right to Hunt and Fish (RTHF) amendments work to protect against future threats to the right to hunt and fish that do not exist today.
The right to hunt and fish has roots in America even before 1776. Historically, the English game laws made hunting a monopoly of those privileged to do so by the Crown, and imposed draconian penalties, by contrast, the American colonists were free to hunt.
22 states recognize the Right to Hunt and Fish (RTHF) in their constitutions. NRA has worked hard to secure these rights and will continue to fight for these rights in all states.
In 20 of the 22 states RTHF amendments were approved by the voters.
The rest of the RTHF states—Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Minnesota, Mississippi, Montana, Nebraska, North Carolina, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Wisconsin and Wyoming have passed since 1996.
Florida and New Hampshire statutorily recognize the right to hunt and fish.
California and Rhode Island constitutionally guarantee the right to hunt but not fish.
Alaska’s constitutional language is considered by some to guarantee the RTHF because of its strong case law history
Sunday, April 1, 2001
It was near dusk in the rural town of Wenatchee, Wash., when homeowner Jennie O'Neill was alerted to ...
Sunday, April 1, 2001
When blood-curdling screams reached law partner Aldo Botti in his suburban Chicago offices, he herded about 15 people ...
Sunday, April 1, 2001
A Florida man was working at his home computer one morning when he heard someone banging on the ...
Sunday, April 1, 2001
When a woman alone in her Inkster, Minn., home went to investigate a pounding at her front door ...
Sunday, April 1, 2001
A Spenard, Alaska, motel clerk was alone at work early one morning when a man burst in waving ...
Sunday, April 1, 2001
A New Orleans resident was awakened about 3 a.m. one morning by the sound of his neighbor's truck ...
Sunday, April 1, 2001
After a 72-year-old grandmother heard noises in the back yard of her Colorado Springs, Colo., home late one ...
Thursday, March 29, 2001
Dr. Michael Brown, a member of Doctors for Sensible Gun Laws, explains that anti-gun doctors are organizing to ...
Thursday, March 29, 2001
Dishonesty took center stage when Handgun Control testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee against John Ashcroft's nomination as ...
Wednesday, March 28, 2001
The Washington Post explains how gun control groups are shifting their focus to state legislatures, after being stymied ...
