ODNR is dangerous

For some weird, off-the-wall, undeniably goofy reason, the Ohio Department of Natural Resources wants bears roaming free in Ohio.

Kill one - even one in your own yard that is threatening you - and they can put you in the pokie for a year, fine you $1,000, and take your gun. Oh, and make you pay "restitution" for the bear, whatever that is. What kind law is letting these ODNR idiots loose on people?

If you ever get into a conflict with a bear running your neighborhoods, you better fear the ODNR. That's the implication of events reported in a Dispatch article today.

It tells about a Coshocton County man getting in all sorts of trouble for killing a bear that came into his yard twice in one night, threatening him and his dog. The bear was seven yards away when he pulled the trigger.

This incident points - again - to a government bureaucracy that is running amuck, and, as a consequence, keeping citizens from defending themselves and their property.

What legal system gives these Ricky Rangers the authority to endanger citizens of Ohio by excessive pandering to dangerous wildlife? And why doesn't the Ohio legislature put reasonable limits on their authority?