Posted on 07/19/2007 10:24:04 AM PDT by TexasCajun
Actually, although it might be distasteful to some (including me), it’s hard imagine a more thrilling hunting experience than big-game hunting.
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He is the “Big Man” in Texas Republican Party. It’s said he has over 3500 mounts, kinda of spooky having that many staring at you.
Why doesnt the Ole Man just buy an Apache or Hind Helicopter Gunship - he could Kill Animals year round.
Dan Dancun is not Hunting -nhe’s Killing game (What a Moron)...
Going into the tall grass after a Cape buffalo requires gonads that clang when you walk. I wouldn’t be surprized, however, if Duncan didn’t shoot some of this “record” game during an evening trip to the San Antonio Zoo.
Taxidermy addicts have some loose screws, but probably no more than gun-grabbers or nature-Nazis.
Unfortunately for Mister Duncan, it’s much safer for feds to criminalize easy targets than to target hard criminals. They get headlines for going after someone of means, when “the little people” would be better served if they spent that energy busting gangs, smugglers or corrupt politicians. His hobby will cost him much more time & money before this is over.
I think that you hit the nail right on the head. While people on this thread are denouncing this guy because of his methods, I’d like to know just how and why these sorts of charges can be brought against a man who may or may not have broken laws in another country, while the charges have nothing to do with what actually happened. The Lacy act doesn’t seem to apply to this case, but that’s what he’s being charged with.
Mark
That's exactly what I'd like to know? Our Justice Department could serve Americans better if they were out there prosecuting employers who hire illegal aliens.
Can I ask a dumb question? Isn’t there a statute of limitations since this took place in 2002 and just started being investigated last year?
I suppose if I were really bent, I could go to Arabia, pay someone some money and lop off some hands and heads. Or maybe Thailand, and rape some baby boys. After all, it's not like I would have broken the laws of the United States...
Perhaps you might want to think on this a little more.
A moose is just going to stand there, with a hovering helicopter 75 yards away. Can I interest you in a Nigerian bank account?
I bet he does not shoot animals form the backs of elephants....
If a water-buffalo was worth eating I doubt there would be any left roaming the African plains.
Sorta like going to Canada, buying and smoking a couple of Cuban cigars (legally) then being federally prosecuted upon your return for breaking the Cuban embargo.
Be careful what you say in front of BIG BROTHER.
The Gestapo might not be pleased.
Then it would be Arabia or Thailands responsibility to prosecute you. There are these little things called JURISDICTION and NATIONAL SOVEREIGNTY you see. That means that the people who actualy LIVE in a country get to determine what’s legal there... and when to prosecute some-one or not.
I certainly wouldn’t call what he did hunting (and I’m a lifelong hunter) but it’s upto the Russians to determine if what he did IN THIER COUNTRY was illegal or not....and if the say not, we have no business prosecuting him for it here.
The Lacy Act prohibits the transportation of illegally captured or prohibited animals across state lines. It appears that prosecutors are trying to say that his trophies from the hunt are illegally captured animals. However, how can it be determined if they were illegally captured without a trial? At the same time, our courts have no authority to try him for violating Russian law, so unless the Russian courts decide to charge him or someone else with illegally capturing these animals, try them, and get a conviction, then our government has no basis to charge him.
It is a violation of due process. He is being treated as guilty of committing a crime in Russia without being tried.
The government needs to pay for the cost of his defense and fire the prosecutors.
Not in Texas! ....maybe where you live?
Actually you would have broken the laws of the United States. Those things are illegal here in the United States and as a US citizen, you can be prosecuted here in the US for doing such things outside the US.
However, shooting such animals from a helicopter isn't illegal here. It may not be very sporting, but it's not illegal here.
Therefore it's up to the Russians to decide if they want to charge him and try him. However, until he's tried and convicted, those animals were not killed illegally. He is innocent until proven guilty. Therefore our government has no basis for charging him for bringing illegally captured animals across state lines.
The assertion that those animals were killed illegally must be proven in court, and our government has no authority to try him for that alleged crime. Whatever happened to due process?
Was the helicopter’s headlights on during the ‘hunt’?
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