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PWR Blog: Sportsmen – Don’t Fall for Politician Doubletalk

Posted on May 17, 2012

By Jeremy Rine, USSA’s in-house counsel and assoc. director of state services

Whether you’re making calls to defeat California Senate Bill 1221, which would ban hunting bears with hounds, or working to support legislation such as H.R. 4089, which protects hunting, fishing and shooting on public land, here are a few responses you might hear from lawmakers and a few hints about what they are really saying.

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