Among Britten's folksong arrangements is one called "The shooting of his dear" about a hunter who shoots his girlfriend by accident.
In Britten's TIT FOR TAT cycle, he includes a setting of Walter de la Mare's poem of that title, which I happen to like a lot, particularly the line "Have you trod like a murderer through the green woods...?". As you can imagine, it's a bit anti-hunting/anti-fishing in sentiment; not exclusively about guns, but mentions them in the context of hunting.
Others:
Schumann: Zigeunerliedchen I, from LIEDERALBUM FUER DIE JUGEND, Op 79 #7i
Schumann: Die Loewenbraut, Op 31 #1
Schumann: Der Soldat, Op 40 #3 (or if you think this is too much Schumann, Robert Franz also set the same text as his song "Mitten in Herzen" Op 52 #2)
Wolf: Unfall, from EICHENDORFF-LIEDER (#15)
Mahler: Revelge and Zu Strassburg auf der Schanz, from DES KNABEN WUNDERHORN
Henze: The Electric Cop, from STIMMEN (#4)
Don't know if there's anything you can use from von Weber's DER FREISCHUETZ - take a look.
I'll post more as I think of them.
Karen Mercedes http://www.radix.net/~dalila/index.html *************************************** Verdi and Wagner delighted the crowds With their highly original sound. The pianos they played are still working, But they're both six feet underground. - Michael Palin
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