Shooting Cats

[armygunsmith]

Because it is impolite and illegal to let your pet off your property off leash. Cats do lots of damage to local wildlife and they use my back yard as a litter box. If I find a cat on my property off leash, I trap them and turn them in to animal control. They aren't anybody's pet at that point.

Yup.
I don't mind cats, but I think they should be kept inside.

[CHS]

That's a dick maneuver there. Those are people's pets.

Really? Every single one? Sorry, but that just pegs my BS meter. My neighborhood for example is overrun by collarless feral cats that breed like crazy. They bother my chickens, they urinate and defecate all over my yard, and occasionally they wake us up with the INSANE noises they can make at night.

These aren't peoples pets. They're varmints.

Last I checked various hunting forums, varmint shooting is one of Americas favorite past times.

Why would you shoot a cat? That is just stupid.

Why would you shoot a squirrel? Or a coyote? Or a deer? Or a cow? Or a rabbit? Or a groundhog?

That is just stupid..

Shooting a cat is dumb and cruel.

If it's a clean legit shoot (feral cat, urinating and defecating all over your property, messing with your chickens), what exactly is "dumb" or "cruel" about it?

Why are we allowed to talk with joy about killing coyotes and deer and no one raises a stink, but when the subject of cats comes up all of a sudden it's "dumb", "cruel", "stupid", "dick maneuver", etc.

Look, if you're all against hunting that's one thing and I can accept and respect that. But don't be ok with hunting and then get all hypocritical when it comes to an animal that you think is cute and should be a pet.