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UNFAIR FIREARMS AND SHOOTING ETHICS 153
SPORTSMEN'S CLUBS WHEREIN THEY ARE BARRED BY CODES OF ETHICS AND RULES
Adirondack League Club, New York Blooming Grove Park Hunting
and Fishing Club, Penn.
Greenwing Gun Club, Ottawa, 111 Western Ducking Club, Detroit, Minn. Bolsa Chica Club, Los Angeles, Cal. Westminster Club, Los Angeles, Cal. Los Patos Club, Los Angeles, Cal. Pocahontas Club, Va.
Tobico Hunting Club, Kawkawlin, Mich. Turtle Lake Club, Turtle Lake, Mich.
Au Sable Forest Farm Club, Mich. Wallace Ducking Club, Wild Fowl Bay,
Mich.
Lomita Club, Los Angeles, Cal. Golden West Club, Los Angeles, Cal. Recreation Club, Los Angeles, Cal.
A MODEL BILL TO PROHIBIT THE USE OF AUTOMATIC AND REPEATING SHOT GUNS IN HUNTING
Section1. Itshallbeunlawfultouseinhuntingorshootingbirdsoranimalsofany kind, any automatic or repeating shot gun or pump gun, or any shot-gun holding more than two cartridges at one time, or that may be fired more than twice without removal from the shoulder for reloading.
Section 2. Violation of any provision of this act shall be punished by a fine of not less than twenty-five nor more than one hundred dollars for each offence ; and the car- rying, or possession in the woods, or in any field, or upon any water of any gun or other weapon the use of which is prohibited, as aforesaid, shall be prima facie evidence of the violation of this act.
The English j-barrel "Scatter Rifle," for Dvicks.—All gunners who find machine guns good enough for them will be delighted by the news that an Englishman whose identity is concealed under the initials "F. M. M. " has invented and manufactured a 3-barreled rifle specially intended to kill ducks that are beyond the reach of a choke-bore shot- gun. The weapon discharges all three barrels simultaneously. In the London Field, of Dec. 9, 1911, it is described by a writer w^ho also thought- fully conceals his identity under a nom-de-plume. After a trial of 48 shots, the writer declares that "the 3-barreled is a really practicable weapon," and that with it one could bag wild-fowl that were quite out of reachofanyshot-gun. JustwhyaGatlinggunoraMaximshouldnot beemployedforthesamepurpose,thewriterfailstostate. Theuseof eitherwouldbequiteassportsmanlike,andasfairtothegame. There are great possibilities in ducking mortars, also.
The "Sunday Gun."—A new weapon of peculiar form and great deadliness to song birds, has recently come into use. Because of the manner of its use, it is known as the "Sunday gun." It is specially adaptedtoconcealmentontheperson. Amancouldgothrougharecep- tion with one of these deadly weapons absolutely concealed under his dress coat ! It is a weapon with two barrels, rifle and shot ; and it enables the user to kill anything from a humming-bird up to a deer. What the shot-barrel can not kill, the rifle will. It is not a gun that any sportsman would own, save as a curiosity, or for target use.
The State Ornithologist of Massachusetts, Mr. E. H. Forbush, in- forms me that already the "Sunday gun" has become a scourge to the bird life of that state. Thousands of them are used by men and boys who live in cities and towns, and are able to get into the country only on