Hunters want apology from justice minister
Posted May 7, 2010 03:19:58 PM.
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The group representing thousands of Nova Scotia hunters wants an apology from Justice Minister Ross Landry.
Ross Landry, a former RCMP officer, was reacting to a recent gun amnesty program in the province when he said a comment hunters are upset about.
“Other than that I see no other value for a gun then to use it to kill or maim someone,” said Landry Thursday. “So I have no real use for them.”
Tony Rodgers of the Federation of Hunters and Anglers says that remark is insulting.
“We have many legitimate uses for firearms, hunting being one of them,” says Rodgers. “Of course there are people who collect firearms, target shooters, farmers use them, trappers use them.”
Rodgers says hunting is a long tradition in this province and he wants an apology from the minister.
Minister Landry says he won’t be doing that.
“If someone’s offended by my comments,” says Landry. “I don’t like guns in society and as justice minister there’s too many guns in the streets.”
Landry defends hunters right to hunt, although he does say when that happens it’s the animal that loses out.
