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Summer vacation ending, schools re-opening

Nick Bertrand, a St. Edmund's fifth-grader, looks over his box of school supplies, not sure how he will carry them to class on Friday's first day. Public schools open Aug 13. Photo by Myra Miller

While the dispute over Common Core standards is getting most of the attention as public schools prepare to open for the 2014-15 year, a new law involving something near and dear to students and adults alike may have more immediate effect.

Suppressors now OK on hunting arms, Youth Hunts no longer just youth

Sgt. Lance Deviller and Agent Brandon Fontenot discuss changes in hunting, fishing, boating laws.

Wildlife & Fisheries enforcement agents just enforce laws and rules adopted by others.
For instance, the logic of allowing hunters to use sound suppressors on their rifles and shotguns is not the agents’ concern. Making sure the new law is properly observed is.

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