somegridplayer

somegridplayer t1_iuj5hpl wrote

>but if I am out in the woods mostly alone and carrying a rifle or shotgun, a concealed handgun is now considered too much?

archery season its forbidden, shotgun or primitive season its very fuzzy and I don't know a single person who's been hassled about it on private or public lands. A friend is a prominent yote hunter in the area and ALWAYS carries.

1

somegridplayer t1_iuio358 wrote

>Why is it illegal to hunt deer with a rifle larger than .22lr, but I could hunt a Coyote with a 50BMG if I wanted? Its just counter to what most people use for hunting.

The original intent had to do with how densely populated MA is compared to other states and typical deer rifle calibers. I know, it makes no sense, but it is what it is. If I get bored enough I'll ask my local squirrel cop again. Although with our deer population I've never seen any need to bother after archery season to pull out the slug gun. You can fill a supermarket freezer with all the extra tags you can get these days.

We do every so often have some spectacularly stupid hunting accidents that rival any other state though so don't ever expect it to change.

>Second. I've found conflicting sources on this but from what it seems to me, you cant carry a side arm while hunting?

So the only explicit law is around archery season you cannot carry any firearm. Shotgun/primitive is super weird in it's wording but I would suspect nobody is going to give you any shit unless you intend on fucking around and finding out.

7

somegridplayer t1_iuik9t1 wrote

First off, the number they're throwing around is based on days of reserve. The only time that would actually matter is if all cracking and refining was shut down completely.

Second of all, it's always being rationed. Distributors and stations can only buy so much fuel. If you have a bunch of morons going berserk and filling all their jugs with diesel and fuel oil then the dealers are going to run out and they can only buy so much more.

That's what happens when the tin foil comes out in force by people who have absolutely no idea how the oil/fuel industry works.

TLDR: we're not running out of diesel. Stop it.

9