I have been told by the officials of the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife dove hunting amounts to about five percent of all of the hunting and fishing activities in the state, but accounts for fifty percent of the citations issued by the department. This is not due to the fact that dove hunters are more likely to violate game laws than other hunters and anglers, but speaks directly to the complexity and vagueness of the present laws. Dove hunters are no more or less honest than any other form of hunter. Society tends to hold bad laws in contempt. This contempt will ultimately spill over into a contempt for all law.
Society also tends to hold bad law enforcement in contempt.
Similarly, such contempt for unfair enforcement becomes a contempt for all enforcement. I hope that it will capitalize on this opportunity. I hope that such bashing is not the purpose of this hearing. Congress, itself, must bear a significant part of the blame. It is the job of Congress to pass laws.