"AJ" wrote in news:1145811157.351516.309610
@t31g2000cwb.googlegroups.com:

I'm not sure what engine strength has to do with it, if anything at
all. My concern is having someone shooting down from a plane. Just
seems like a scenario ripe for disaster to me.

AJ



I think the engine power concept is that people are flying 10' off the
ground and might hit a mountain. In Wendy's mind, a more powerful
engine might prevet such an accident. In reality, the whole argument is
non-sequiter, and if she were really worried about safety, she would
ask for a law requiring the pilot and the gunner be two separate
people.

I despise self-serving beauracrats who try to pass laws because they
are "so concerned about people killing themselves," when really they
just
have their own agenda to fill... I'm surprised she hasn't gotten PETA
involved.

I'm also not sure what disaster you are concerned with having people
shoot down from a plane. Out here in the NYC area, there are CONSTANTLY
shots fired from moving vehicles in area that are much more heavily
populated than Idaho, and you only hear about accidents two or three
times a year!

My guess is that even Idaho coyotes don't hang out in the heavily
populated areas... And it is probably easier to confuse a coyote with a
human from 50 yards on the ground through the tall grass than it is
from 50 yards in the air with a clear view.

What I find most interesting is that presumably, based on the state
law, if the pilots said they were just out hunting, as opposed to
saying they were protecting their chickens from the coyotes there would
be no question that the purpose of the flight was for
Sport/Recreation...