Who Is Liable?

[HaarFager]

What is the name of your state? Illinois.
I have a question that I've never heard asked before, but I would like to get a general consensus on the possible answer.
I live in the State of Illinois and they charge me so that I can get a license to hunt deer in this state. I guess they must assume ownership of these critters, or how else could they charge me over them?
Say I'm driving down the road one night and some of their deer runs out in front of me and causes an accident. Can't I sue or petition the State to pay for the damages that their deer caused to my car? After all, they're laying claim to them. Shouldn't they also be liable for any of their actions?
I realize that deer cannot be controlled. I simply wonder if the State of Illinois can get away with charging for a hunting license or if they would have to stop doing it.
Has anyone ever asked this question before at this forum?

 

[ecmst12]

Charging for a hunting license has nothing to do with a deer running into the road and getting hit by you, and nothing to do with the state taking ownership of the deer. It has to do with the state wanting to know who is running around with a gun shooting at things in their territory. You are responsible for hitting the deer.

 

[HaarFager]

So, what you're saying is that anybody has the right, then, to charge citizens of Illinois for a hunitng permit? Whether or not they own the deer?

 

[panzertanker]

So, what you're saying is that anybody has the right, then, to charge citizens of Illinois for a hunitng permit? Whether or not they own the deer?

Nooooo, ecmst12 said " It has to do with the state wanting to know who is running around with a gun shooting at things in their territory."

READ.

 

[ecmst12]

Nothing to do with who owns the deer. It has to do with who is in charge of the LAND on which the deer is being hunted, which is ultimately the state. The state has the right to regulate who's allowed to SHOOT THINGS. They are also allowed to regulate who owns weapons and where they can be purchased. Having absolutely nothing to do with WHAT is being shot at. And no, the state is not liable for shootings just because they may have issued a gun permit to someone, either. There is governmental immunity for things like that.