Gun safety should be priority one for anybody that enjoys the tradition of hunting. It is harped on by hunter safety instructors the first few minutes of any hunter education classes. It is top priority in the manual all gun manufacturers I have purchased from and in my circle of hunting partners we never seem to go a season without mentioning the importance of safety. Why? Sure it seem really obvious but sometimes to teach a lesson you simply need to look to real life example. Case in point is this tragic story coming out my neighboring state of Minnesota. There are a lot more questions than answer in this piece and I'm confident the folks investigating the shooting are letting the scene tell the story...something that my close friend Rod Slings, a leader in Iowa's Law Enforcement bureau has in the tag line of all his emails.
The right to bare arms should be annotated with a simple reminder that this right makes you accountable to anything that happens with your gun. As a father of three beautiful girls I still can't comprehend how this father - who's love for the outdoors resulted in the name of his now late son "Hunter". To all of us who enjoy the time-honored tradition of hunting please, please, please be safe and to the family of Hunter Klaseus I send my prayers.
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