Overall, this was a pretty shitty season for me. We didn't see many deer on the property, and nobody got a decent shot at a good buck. I found some nice bucks on the trail cameras, but never saw them during the season. I tagged one small buck during bow season, and couldn't get anything else...
I'm against universal background checks as well. However, I do wish that the NICS system was open for private, optional, use. If I were to ever sell a gun (I never have), I'd definitely use a system like that.
These two statements contradict each other. Either your vote matters (second paragraph), or it doesn't (first paragraph). There is no, "your vote doesn't matter, but a vote for candidate C increases the chance A will prevail." It's one or the other.
And, when you have an awesome mentor in the field, there isn't as much of a need to sit through the class.
If someone doesn't have a mentor, then taking the class can have some value.
I did get a chance to ask Morelle about universal background checks. I brought up the fact that people get delayed/denied erroneously, and they have to spend years and sometimes thousands of dollars to get their rights back. His response was basically, "We can come up with a way to fix that...
It shouldn't matter as long as they are all the same and you aren't using an odd vane (like NAP's Quickspin). "Normal" vanes or fletchings can be done either way.