Well said, and I think some of the baby steps were taken when rifles were opened up with pistol calibers. Like you say, start opening up more and more rifle calibers, look at the data, and go from there.
We've been "baby stepping" for a long time...
Perception is reality to these folks that think "high powered rifles" are dangerous..
There wasn't enough hunters in favor as opposed to the number of landowners against them..
The DNR and NRC does take input form any citizen, not just hunters...
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