Senate committee votes to ban pay-per-view hunting

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how they voted..straight down party lines..all dems in the committee voted for

the ban, all repugs voted against the ban

 

DEMOCRATS: Sheila Kuehl, chair (Los Angeles); Debra Bowen (Redondo

Beach); Christine Kehoe (San Diego); Alan Lowenthal (Long Beach); Mike

Machado (Stockton); Carole Migden (San Francisco); Gloria Romero (Los

Angeles).

 

REPUBLICANS: Bob Margett, vice-chair (Diamond Bar); Sam Aanestad

(Nevada City); Robert Dutton (Rancho Cucamonga); Dennis Hollingsworth

(Temecula).

 

 

>Posted on Tue, Apr. 05, 2005

>

>Senate committee votes to ban " pay-per-view " hunting

>

>Associated Press

>

>SACRAMENTO - A state Senate committee voted Tuesday to ban what one

>lawmaker calls " video target practice using live animals. "

>

>The Natural Resources and Wildlife Committee approved a bill by Sen.

>Debra Bowen, D-Redondo Beach, that would bar computer-assisted hunting

>sites in California. It's a response to a Texas ranch that says it is

>setting up a system that would allow people to shoot at live game via

>the Internet.

>

> " This isn't hunting; it's an inhumane, over the top, pay-per-view video

>game using live animals for target practice, and it shouldn't be allowed

>to expand into California, " Bowen said.

>

> " Shooting live animals over the Internet takes absolutely zero hunting

>skills, and it ought to be offensive to every legitimate hunter. "

>

>The bill would ban anyone from operating a computer-assisted hunting

>site in California and bar the importation of animals killed by remote

>hunting.

>

>Violations could result in up to six months in jail and a $1,000 fine.

>

>Pro-hunting groups - such as the California Sportsmen's Association,

>Safari Club International and the Outdoor Sportsman's Coalition of

>California - say the practice is not real hunting and is unethical and

>unsporting.

>

>Sen. Sam Aanestad, R-Grass Valley, said he would support the bill if it

>banned Internet hunting in California, " but it goes a step further "

by

>making it illegal for Californians to do business with a legitimate

>company in Texas.

>

>Bowen said that was no different than California laws that prohibit

>residents from placing bets on sports through Internet sites, but allow

>them to drive to Nevada to wager.

>

>Another opponent, Sen. Dennis Hollingsworth, R-La Mesa, called the bill

>a " huge to-do about something that has barely even happened. "

>

>It also ends any chance to discuss the merits of remote-control hunting,

>he said. For example, someone who is disabled may only be able to

>participate in the sport because of this technology, he said.

>

>The committee voted 7-4 to send Bowen's bill to the Appropriations

>Committee, the last stop before the full Senate.

>

>At least four other states - North Carolina, Wisconsin, West Virginia

>and Texas - are also considering legislation to ban Internet hunting.

>

>ON THE NET

>

>Read the bill, SB1028, at www.leginfo.ca.gov

>

 

 

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