Constitutional Right to Hunt and Fish Resolution

Contact your legislator today by conducting a search at:

www.in.gov/legislative/2345.htm


I firmly believe that we have a Right to Hunt and Fish. According to the Bible in Genesis 1:26 God gave us dominion over all the animals and fish on earth.

So hunting and fishing is a right. Unfortunately our forefathers did not include that as a recognized “right”. Why? I believe that it was so commonplace to hunt and fish then and everyone pretty well did it that the forefathers really saw no need to recognize hunting and fishing a “right. They did not have the crystal ball to look into the future to see today where hunting and fishing would be attacked on various fronts by animal rights zealots.

The Indiana state legislature is doing what the forefathers did not do – proposing a constitutional amendment for all Hoosiers the Right to Hunt and Fish for the state of Indiana.

The Indiana Senate has put forth a Senate Joint Constitutional Resolution for “The people of Indiana to have a right to hunt, fish, harvest game, or engage in the agricultural or commercial production of meat, fish, or poultry..”

Be assured that anti-hunting forces will be fighting against the Indiana Senate. – A Constitutional Right to Hunt and Fish.

Stand up against those well funded and organized animal rights organizations and CONTACT YOUR LEGISLATOR AND DO IT TODAY!

You may contact your legislator by doing a search at:

www.in.gov/legislative/2345.htm

I understand that this will come up for a vote this week, so it is important that you contact them TODAY.






www.in.gov/legislative/bills/2011/RES/SJ0009.2.html

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DIGEST OF SJ 9 (Updated January 31, 2011 1:16 pm - DI 116)



Citations Affected: Article 1 of the Constitution of the State of Indiana.

Synopsis: Constitutional right to hunt and fish. Provides that the people have a right to hunt, fish, harvest game, or engage in the agricultural or commercial production of meat, fish, or poultry, which is a valued part of our heritage and shall be forever preserved for the public good, subject to laws prescribed by the general assembly and rules prescribed by virtue of the authority of the general assembly. This proposed amendment has not been previously agreed to by a general assembly.

Effective: This proposed amendment must be agreed to by two consecutive general assemblies and ratified by a majority of the state's voters voting on the question to be effective.






January 5, 2011, read first time and referred to Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources.

February 3, 2011, amended, reported favorably _ Do Pass.


February 4, 2011

First Regular Session 117th General Assembly (2011)


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A JOINT RESOLUTION proposing an amendment to Article 1 of the Constitution of the State of Indiana concerning natural and cultural resources.

Be it resolved by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana:

SOURCE: ; (11)SJ0009.2.1. --> SECTION 1. The following amendment to the Constitution of the State of Indiana is proposed and agreed to by this, the One Hundred Seventeenth General Assembly of the State of Indiana, and is referred to the next General Assembly for reconsideration and agreement.

SOURCE: CON 1; (11)SJ0009.2.2. --> SECTION 2. ARTICLE 1 OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF INDIANA IS AMENDED BY ADDING A NEW SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS: Section 38. The people have a right to hunt, fish, harvest game, or engage in the agricultural or commercial production of meat, fish, or poultry, which is a valued part of our heritage and shall be forever preserved for the public good, subject to laws prescribed by the General Assembly and rules prescribed by virtue of the authority of the General Assembly.


This Senate Joint Resolution was amended April 15 with the following:

in.gov/legislative/bills/2011/HAMP/MOSJ0902.001.html

Engrossed Senate Joint Resolution 9 amended to read as follows:

SOURCE: Page 1, line 9 --> Page 1, line 9, delete "or".
Page 1, line 9, after "poultry," insert " or dairy products,".
Page 1, line 11, after "subject" insert " only".
Page 1, line 13, after "Assembly." insert " Hunting and fishing shall be the preferred means of managing and controlling wildlife. This section shall not be construed to limit the application of any provision of law relating to trespass or property rights.".

(Reference is to ESJR 9 as printed April 12, 2011.)