weaverism,
I've discussed this subject years ago with the then manager of the deer heard in Illnoise, John Kube, (spelling?), and he basically said rifle bullets travel too far and Illnoise has to many large cities. I recommended they could close counties around these cities, further many other states with large cities allow rifles. It was like talking to a brick. I think it can be said another way, an idiot with a rifle is worse than an idiot with a shotgun. I've just finished posting my property, a lot of good that will do when these people go into a feeding frenzy. I'm about half afraid to patrol my lines. A neighbor woman was almost shot dead last year in my area. Maybe John has something. Over the years, these big city boys, (Chicago), have checked in goats, shot cows but the best one was a year or two ago one of them tried to check in a high dollar colt. We seem to have then all. Makes me sick!
db