AS A FATHER OF TWO

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From Jeffrey

As a father of two, I understand and strongly support, the push to remove the prohibition of Sunday hunting and to transfer full regulatory control of Sunday hunting to the PA Game Commission. But, as an American citizen, I can’t help but to ask myself, how and why have we allowed some of these outdated Blue Laws to be in existence for as long as we have. The Blue Laws, or laws that were imposed BEFORE William Penn established a government in what would become Pennsylvania, regulated industry, shopping, and other behaviors on Sundays and were supposed to force the citizenry to observe the Lord’s day quietly, at home. Believe it or not, there was a time when we could not play organized sports such as football or baseball, make a sale of any kind, go fishing, attend a movie, shoot pool, or buy a beer on Sunday. A large percentage of the Blue Laws have been considered unenforceable by court decree and many of them have been revoked, amended, or ignored. Let’s face it, like it or not, a lot has changed since colonial times. It’s time we take a stand as free Americans and allow hunting, like many of the other activities that were once not allowed, on Sundays too. For the life of me, I will never understand the logic that allows us to play soccer, football and baseball, drink alcohol, gamble, and partake in other pastimes, but not take our sons and daughters into the woods hunting with us on Sundays.