Why does NRA support Right to Hunt and Fish (RTHF) state constitutional amendments?

America’s sporting heritage is under attack like never before, by well-funded, national anti-hunting groups that want to ban all hunting, trapping and fishing. One of the ways that the NRA counters that effort is by spearheading the campaign for Right to Hunt and Fish (RTHF) state constitutional amendments. Currently, 19 states have RTHF amendments in their constitutions, protecting America’s rich outdoor heritage from well-funded efforts by national animal extremist groups to get hunting banned.
The following language serves as the model RTHF amendment, providing meaningful and permanent protections for sportsmen and science-driven wildlife management.
The citizens of this State have the right to hunt, fish, and harvest wildlife, including the use of traditional methods, subject only to statutes enacted by the Legislature and regulations adopted by the designated agency [or “fish and game commission” or state-specific term] to promote wildlife conservation and management and to preserve the future of hunting and fishing. Public hunting and fishing shall be a preferred means of managing and controlling wildlife. This section shall not be construed to modify any provision of law relating to trespass or property rights.
Wednesday, February 4, 2015
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Friday, January 30, 2015
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Thursday, January 29, 2015
This week, the Indiana Senate Natural Resources Committee passed Senate Joint Resolution 2, which would guarantee Hoosiers the right ...
Monday, January 26, 2015
The Texas Legislature convened for its 2015 Regular Session on January 13. Dozens of pro-Second Amendment measures were ...
Monday, January 26, 2015
Should Hoosiers have a constitutionally enshrined right to hunt and fish?If a state senator has his way, they ...
Saturday, January 24, 2015
On Thursday, January 22, state Representative Travis Couture-Lovelady (R-110) introduced House Concurrent Resolution 5008, proposing an amendment to ...
Tuesday, January 20, 2015
America’s sporting heritage is under attack like never before, by well-funded, national anti-hunting groups that want to ban ...
Thursday, January 15, 2015
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Friday, January 9, 2015
Today, state Senator Brandon Creighton (R-Conroe) pre-filed Senate Joint Resolution 22, proposing an amendment to the Texas constitution that ...
Friday, November 7, 2014
On Tuesday, voters in Alabama, Mississippi and Maine came out in full support of protecting America’s hunting heritage ...
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