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Post by M. Hawbaker on Jun 7, 2020 1:32:58 GMT
Elmer J. Fudd will have to find another way to bag that wascally wabbit, Bugs Bunny, during hunting season. Because in the updated Looney Tunes cartoons streaming on HBO Max, he won’t be allowed to have a rifle, according to a report. In the new versions of the classic cartoons, Fudd will still be hunting, but will use a scythe. That’s a modification in response to US gun violence, according to a report.
“We’re not doing guns,” said Peter Browngardt, executive producers of the series, in an interview with the New York Times. “But we can do cartoony violence – TNT, the Acme stuff.”
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Post by scott on Jun 7, 2020 16:24:53 GMT
I'll just drop this here.
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Post by barb43 on Jun 7, 2020 16:39:05 GMT
A scythe? A flippin' scythe?!? Edited to add: I'm sooo happy I was able to have a childhood. Kids after at least 2015 will miss (are already missing) so much.
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Post by M. Hawbaker on Jun 8, 2020 15:54:32 GMT
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Post by barb43 on Jun 8, 2020 16:06:20 GMT
Edited to add: I'm sooo happy I was able to have a childhood. Kids after at least 2015 will miss (are already missing) so much. Looks like Yosemite Sam is losing his guns too, but he will still be allowed to have knives and TNT: (I'm not sure how explosives is considered less violent than guns) Good grief! Surely explosives are not less violent. ... Maybe it's because their fiery effects are prettier -? - I'm really reaching to understand, with no real success .
Born in 1989, at least my son had a childhood too! Back when the United States of America was still a free country.
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Post by M. Hawbaker on Jun 8, 2020 16:37:06 GMT
Born in 1989, at least my son had a childhood too! Back when the United States of America was still a free country. I remember how my friends and I used to have so much fun running around and "shooting" at each other with cap guns and water pistols all the time.
We lived in a rural community that was largely farms and orchards and nearly everyone hunted. So even at a fairly young age, we all had access to real guns and knew how to use them, but we knew the difference.
In grade school, kids would often bring their new hunting rifles (as well as bow and arrows etc) to school for "show and tell day" and we would all (even the teachers) go outside and take turns shooting at targets.
During hunting season, it was not unusual to have a row of rifles propped against the wall of the school room under the coat rack for those kids who wanted to get a little hunting in before or right after school.
Can you imagine what would happen these days if a bunch of grade schoolers just casually walked into their classroom with rifles.
By the time I was in High School, the whole anti-gun thing was getting well under way around these parts, but even then it wasn't too unusual to see those kids who were old enough to drive bring their guns to school during hunting season and let them in their vehicles, and the school officials didn't have a problem with it as long as the guns stayed in the cars during school hours.
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Post by M. Hawbaker on Jun 8, 2020 17:22:15 GMT
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Post by barb43 on Jun 8, 2020 18:03:21 GMT
That was a great collection! Y'know, that shotgun is as much a part of Elmer Fudd as one of his arms. It's like an extension of both his body and his mind. We full well understood that a children. My brother and I were always around shotguns and rifles. We never touched them unless our dad handed one to us. I started shooting before I was 2 - Dad had me standing on a kitchen chair at my grandmother's and pulling the trigger on some new rifle or shotgun his brother had just gotten while he held it. They were shooting at cans on fence posts out back and I got to help. Dad and I hunted together from the time I was about 14 till I left for WV. We also fished from even a younger age. He and my brother played golf together while brother was in high school. I run that altogether because it's like - on a mental/emotional level - those 3 activities were equal as far as we were all concerned. When I moved to WV, I found all the guys & some of the gals were running around in both town & country with gun racks in the back window of their pickup trucks. Same thing when I first came to Oklahoma. And you're right - people wouldn't do this at all today.
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Post by barb43 on Jun 8, 2020 18:11:45 GMT
Of course, THIS makes absolutely no sense at all. ...
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Post by M. Hawbaker on Jun 8, 2020 18:31:19 GMT
I'm not sure if I've ever posted here on the board about my position on the whole gun control issue.
I have not been hunting in many years, and I do not currently own any firearms myself, and I have no desire to do so.
Even so, I am most definitely opposed to the sort of strict gun control that is being pushed for by many of the liberal elements in our government who would like to get rid of all or nearly all guns.
On the other hand, I also oppose the more extreme forms of "gun rights" activists who don't want any restrictions at all on gun ownership.
In general, I think that people should be allowed to own whatever weapons that they want for hunting, shooting sports, self defense, etc. But I also think that there should be a few common sense restrictions on gun ownership such as: not allowing those with a conviction for violent crime (especially violent crime involving a weapon) to own or possess any guns for a very long time and permanent loss of gun ownership rights for repeat offenders.
I would also be in favor of temporarily suspending the gun ownership rights for anyone who with known mental health issues of the sort that would likely make them a danger to themselves or others until their illness could be shown to be under control for a substantial amount of time.
I am also in favor of mandatory ID verification and background checks for all new gun sales.
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Post by M. Hawbaker on Jun 8, 2020 18:34:36 GMT
Of course, THIS makes absolutely no sense at all. ... Speaking only for my clumsy self, and having used a scythe in my grandparents' fields, I think that I would be far more likely to injure myself chasing after some critter while swinging a scythe than aiming at them with a gun.
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Post by M. Hawbaker on Jun 8, 2020 18:48:44 GMT
The official preview trailor for the new Loony Tunes series: But guns are "too violent".
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Post by barb43 on Jun 8, 2020 20:06:07 GMT
Of course, THIS makes absolutely no sense at all. ... Speaking only for my clumsy self, and having used a scythe in my grandparents' fields, I think that I would be far more likely to injure myself chasing after some critter while swinging a scythe than aiming at them with a gun. I used to mow a large corner lot when I was a preteen through my teen years. My first paid job! hehe I used a scythe to do it - and I handled it pretty well back then. When we cleaned out my parents house and garage 7 yrs ago, I found that scythe! It's quite an antique now - it was old when I started using it. It came from my grandparents' house, but I don't know any more than that about it. Don't know what I'm going to do with it. I'd hate to have to use it for anything today! I'm a pro-gun person. I haven't hunted since I came to Oklahoma, 40 years ago, but I have a .410 shotgun that my dad let me hunt with in high school. He promised it to me - mother had given it to him as a Christmas gift in the late-50s. He gave it to me when we visited them in 2005. I also have a .22 rifle. I always loved going to the rifle range when I was in the military but I haven't fired anything since those days. I'm totally opposed to red flag laws, so really pleased that our state governor signed into law a bill that prevents them. The situation with mental illness is a slippery slope - so I don't want someone to be disallowed unless there's some really major, seriously heavy recurring episodes of mental illness that show they're a threat to themselves or others. I'm in favor of background checks; and no guns for previously convicted felons.
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Post by M. Hawbaker on Jun 8, 2020 20:22:13 GMT
Here in PA, the governor and several of the legislators are very anti gun, but they have not had much success in pushing through their gun control laws, so now they are taking a different approach by making it hard for gun owners to buy ammunition.
If passed, Bill HB2344 will require licensed gun owners to buy yet another $50 permit in order to be able buy ammunition which must be renewed every 4 years.
It would also prohibit buying ammunition of any kind online, through mail order, or from another State. And it would put a hefty 50% tax on both gun and ammo sales.
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Post by barb43 on Jun 8, 2020 20:47:24 GMT
Here in PA, the governor and several of the legislators are very anti gun, but they have not had much success in pushing through their gun control laws, so now they are taking a different approach by making it hard for gun owners to buy ammunition. If passed, Bill HB2344 will require licensed gun owners to buy yet another $50 permit in order to be able buy ammunition which must be renewed every 4 years. It would also prohibit buying ammunition of any kind online, through mail order, or from another State. And it would put a hefty 50% tax on both gun and ammo sales. Y'all definitely need a change of governor & legislators.
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