I don't support nor disapprove of hunting myself. I grew up hunting and in my teens really enjoyed it. As I've grown older I've really just lost the passion. Part of it is with the gain of age has come the loss of patience. I no longer desire those endless hours of investment scouting, stalking, sitting in a blind or in a stand. The larger part of it though is I no longer enjoy killing animals for sport. Yeah, I did it for years and I still have some impressive mounts on my walls. Ultimately though, I get more of a joy in seeing those beautiful majestic animals enjoy my property than I do from shooting them down. That said, I don't condemn anyone who does enjoy the thrill of the hunt. These days though I just prefer killing paper, steel and clay.
If a guy has $55k burning a hole in his pocket and wants to shoot an exotic animal, more power to him. If he breaks the law doing it, toss his ass in jail. I don't see how that should be a reflection on you, I, or the man on the moon for that matter. Look, the critics will always be critics. Do incidents like this give leftists fuel? Absolutely. But when you have an agenda or a narrative to cast, anything and everything is fuel. If it wasn't about this poor lion, it woulda' been about poor Bambi. If it wasn't about this dentist hunter, it'd be about how hunters trespass. If the trespass story doesn't generate enough hype then they will show you a video of a drunk redneck guttin' a deer in front of his trailer with Rachael Maddow giving the disparaging play by play critique. That's just how it works.
If it sounds like I'm defending a guy who broke the law, I'm not. He committed a crime, let the punishment be handed down, and be done with it. What I am saying though is it's silly that this is even a headline. Heaven forbid they tell you the real story of what's going on in this country and around the world. You know what's a more interesting story than a rich DB shooting a lion? How 'bout lets see those leaked Planned Parenthood videos on the evening news? Lets have an investigative report on Bohemian Grove that just happened last week. How bout how OPEC dropped the oil prices to bankrupt Russia and the new cold war that is resulting of current policy? But no, of course that'll never happen. But anything that can be in anyway spun into progressing the perception of anyone who owns a gun as cruel, lawless, racist, that's the topic du jour... "Thanks for that report Tom. And in tonight's broadcast, Caitlin Jenners anesthesiologist gives us an exclusive on how he was inspired by the artist formerly known as Bruce."
Did I digress to far off topic? LOL