April 2, 2012
By Bob Priddy, MissouriNet.com
Fatal hunting accidents are rare in Missouri….But one involving a
hunter from a senate leader’s area could lead to a harsh
penalty.
Senate floor leader Tom Dempsey of St. Charles
thinks anyone who causes the death of a hunter should lose the right
to hunt in Missouri for ten years.
It’s been six years since constituent Russell Emerling was killed
in a Camden County turkey hunting incident.
State law now
allows the conservation commission to suspend hunting privileges for
five years for someone who injures another hunter…This bill covers
deaths.
The man who killed Ermeling was put on five years probation after
pleading guilty to involuntary manslaughter.
Dempsey’s bill
has been sent to the House.
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