Hunting via the net banned in California

[SFG75]

Now this sounds like a heck of an idea. I'm not certain that I'd hit anything, but man-it would be fun to try!.

While many who use the Internet on a daily basis are no longer surprised by its endless possibilities, www.live-shot.com is a whole new, well, hunting game. The site allows members to use a Webcam and their keyboard and mouse to hunt animals on a farm in Texas. Now, California lawmakers have voted to ban it.

The bill would ban remote hunting in California and would bar anyone from operating such a Web site within state borders.

The Web site, which appears to be the only one in this remote hunting genre, links a paying customer sitting at a computer with a gun at a remote "secluded" facility in Texas. Paying members can "schedule a reserved session time which allows exclusive control of the shooting system to fire at a choice of various reactive targets," according to the site.

The California bill, which now goes to the state Assembly, would also ban importing animals that have been killed through such a Web site.

There are discussions in 14 other states considering a similar bills.

http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/story?id=701030&page=1

Anyone ever try this??

[CoventryCat86]

Do they smoke cigars when they do remote hunting? I must have missed that in the article......

[ggiese]

[Drake]

it may not pertain to cigars, but i find it kind of interesting being a hunter. i heard about this a couple of months ago. i think its fucking rediculous to hunt from a computer

[labmonkey]

I agree....not a very "sporting" way of shooting an animal.

now if they could come up with a way to do a little noodling over the internet they would be onto something!

[jdavis4082]

its just another way to contribute to the obesity of america

[Drake]

it'd be cool if they had cars from junk yard to shoot at. and you could use a rifle, a shot gun, a rocket launcher. that'd be sweet

[ggiese]

I agree....not a very "sporting" way of shooting an animal.

now if they could come up with a way to do a little noodling over the internet they would be onto something!

Yeah - noodling!!! What a fascinating sport!!! While ESPN did post an article, apparently it's not significant enough to televise... All the major networks are missing out on this one... Scotty should start a letter writing campaign.

At least you can smoke a cigar while you remotely fire at animals - seems hard to smoke cigars while you're noodling fish...

[labmonkey]

Yeah - noodling!!! What a fascinating sport!!! While ESPN did post an article, apparently it's not significant enough to televise... All the major networks are missing out on this one... Scotty should start a letter writing campaign.

At least you can smoke a cigar while you remotely fire at animals - seems hard to smoke cigars while you're noodling fish...

that's my point of finding a way to do it over the internet.

boy i guess i have to start explaining all my jokes here....