Preventing remote hunting.(NEWS) From: Guns Magazine | Date: June 1, 2005 | COPYRIGHT 2005 Publishers' Development Corporation. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

A possible introduction of remote hunting, by way of the Internet, in Texas has sparked a proactive response from several states. Legislators in Texas, Virginia, Hawaii and Maine have introduced bills to prohibit computer-assisted and other types of hunting that allows for the aiming and firing of a firearm by an individual not physically present. Numerous conservation and hunting groups questioned the eth...

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