Well, if the political arena there is anything like it is over here, I would say it boils down to money. Gun manufacturers and the hunting industry make a great deal of money, and they sponsor/"donate" funds to political parties and in exchange, those political parties pass certain laws to help them out. It is nothing spectacular, been going on for a very long time, just the same old, same old. There are other factors and other groups involved, but I still think that the main motivator is money. If a person has to go through even more hassle and close to the same expense just to hunt with