Our little community has one non-denominational church comprised mainly of Boomers. Attendance is probably 100 per service average. I bet 20% of them are carrying, and at least 4 or 5 of them are praying something happens so they can defend their church with their good guy plan.
Saw one of the senators for LA on last Sunday and he was going on about a federal tax credit for the purchase of gun safes. It just didn't sit well with me, for the non gun owners to have to pay for these people to be responsible. But I guess a buyback would be the same. I would be more in favor though that the tax credit be funded by increased taxes on guns and ammo. Several red states have already passed a bill like this, without the additional taxation of course.
On the feral hog issue, several years back I read a couple of articles on hog control vs eradication that was based on some studies done by land grant colleges (can't remember which ones.)
They found that when a group of hogs was targeted by hunters, the survivors of that kill would move away from the killing area and look for new territory. The assumption was that the hogs felt safer in a new place they hadn't been hunted in. Also, they would break up and form new pods out of the one larger one. Say 50 hogs and 10 were killed. The remaining 40 would break into 2 or more groups and part ways, setting up new colonies on fresh ground.
This caused the spread of the population much faster and further than the study sample that was left un-hunted. The hogs would maintain smaller populations on established territory. The study suggested the use of fencing and sterilization baits to further reduce the colony size.
So the studies were stating that hunting/trapping the hogs was making the problem worse, not better.
But now I can't find any hint of those studies. Now you look for hog control, it's all poisons and assault rifles.
I just can't help feeling the NRA and gun lobby has shut down those studies and wiped them as best they can, since feral hogs is one of the better excuses they have for selling that type of weaponry.
Maybe someone else remembers those articles?