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Exactly right.

Judges had even begun to refer to hunting as a privilege before the People cleared that up with the first Sportspersons Bill of Right amendment to our constitution back in the '90s. The DCNR still refers to hunting as a privilege on its website where licenses are sold, but that's wrong.

Think of how you put money in the bank for the bank to hold it in trust for you. You still retain ownership, but you delegate control of it according to the terms of your agreement with the bank. If the bank were to go above and beyond the terms of your agreement and start telling you how you could or could not use your own money, then you could step in and demand your money back. That's how constitutional and republican forms of government work. If you exercise your right and demand change, that's not anarchy. You're supporting your constitution.

If you've never read the Alabama Declaration of Rights, I recommend you read it with emphasis on Section 2.