why have any weapon rules other than no full auto and set a limit? same thing, folks wanting to not use the weapon that handicaps them or is a pain to maintain is why they want the weapons rules changed. at 1 time nothing smaller than a 243 was legal, now look at it centerfire is what it sez. muzzleloaders are still 45 cal or bigger I believe, there are some lower calibers out there in the smokeless that are highly effect big game killers but ! you have to have a stopping point for a lot of reasons and the rules are very clear imo. the regulations on all weapons have been relaxed over what they started out as, I think on bows there was a rule that a hunting arrow had to be shot with a bow that would send it to a certain distance, I'm not sure that is still on the books as it may have limited some women and children . They try to be fair on most every thing but folks always want to see how far they can push it. sometimes that don't work out for them lol . 1 thing they have strayed from is maximum hunter satisfaction by dropping the buck limit in hopes of building a bigger older deer herd, I think we were already at a really good point and the reduction as a whole hasn't worked out as well as some folks wanted.