The state of Oklahoma moved a step closer yesterday when the senate, in a vote of 45-0 approved a bill that would amend the state constitution to guarantee to its citizens the right to hunt, fish, trap and take game. Senate Joint Resolution 38 in part reads like this:
Section 36. A. All citizens of this state shall have an inherent right to engage in hunting, trapping, fishing, and taking game and fish, free of state laws which explicitly or implicitly effectively prohibit the ability of citizens to engage in such activities. Hunting, trapping, fishing and the taking of game and fish are a valued part of our heritage and will forever be preserved for the people. The Wildlife Conservation Commission shall be vested with the power and authority to approve methods, practices and procedures for hunting, trapping, fishing and the taking of game and fish.
B. Nothing in this section shall:
1. Be construed to prohibit reasonable regulation of the hunting, trapping, fishing and taking of game and fish; or
2. Operate to repeal or invalidate any laws or rules in existence on the effective date of its adoption.
This measure will be presented to the general electorate in November.
Tom Remington
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