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
Friday, May 5, 2000
Kenneth Smith, deputy editor of the Washington Times editorial page, comments in the June, 2000 issue of Reason ...
Thursday, May 4, 2000
Attorney Stephan Tahmassebi explains that the Supreme Court has recognized the right to arms as an individual right ...
Thursday, May 4, 2000
Attorney Stephan Tahmassebi explains that the Supreme Court has recognized the right to arms as an individual right ...
Thursday, May 4, 2000
Attorney Stephan Tahmassebi explains that the Supreme Court has recognized the right to arms as an individual right ...
Monday, May 1, 2000
Awakened by noises at his back door early one morning, an 83-year-old San Francisco widower resolved to protect ...
Monday, May 1, 2000
Raymond Rask was jarred awake in his Britt, Minn., home early one Saturday when an intruder wearing a ...
Monday, May 1, 2000
A man armed with a shotgun and concealing his face with a bandanna entered Getachew Alemayehu's Fort Worth, ...
Monday, May 1, 2000
Barking dogs announced that a desperate murder suspect armed with a rifle and a pistol had wandered onto ...
Monday, May 1, 2000
An elderly man was at home in his South Side Chicago apartment when an invader broke a window ...
Monday, May 1, 2000
When three would-be robbers entered a Commerce City, Colo., residence, one of them pulled a knife, according to ...
