Posted on 05/06/2008 10:32:43 AM PDT by neverdem
Is child shooting an olympic sport now?
Some people are too stupid to remain free.
The English seem to be about to find this out.
Nations that value security over freedom inevitably wind up with neither.
Winston Churchill is rolling around in his grave right now over Britain’s anti gun stances.
Have I got this right? The UK Olympic shooting team cannot train inside the UK?
Good grief. That’s diagnosably paranoid.
The English seem to be about to find this out.
Their soon to be islam-a-nazi masters will make this abundantly clear to them.
Was Hamilton a member of the Olympic shooting team? If not, the "anger" is more like "idiocy".
An epidemic of hoplophobia..
How can it be tightened up beyond an outright ban?
The Government is supposed to safeguard the public, not be swayed by sportspeople." The UK-wide Gun Control Network, which replaced the Snowdrop Campaign, said it had been pressing ministers to keep the handgun ban intact. Gill Marshall-Andrews, the network's chairman, said: "We are opposed to any kind of change in the legislation, even for training purposes. Some of those who have taken up the sport are young enough to have done so since the ban was introduced, knowing that it was illegal in this country. Why should we put wider society at risk for the sake of a few sportspeople?"
Remember this when they claim to not oppose guns for sporting purposes.
I wonder if they are going to relax the rules to allow the shooting sports to occur during the London games.
Or are the pistol teams going to point their fingers and shout BANG?
Yea. Unfortunately it's spreading here too.
How many individual shootings have there been since the ban on guns? Does it add up to more than those 16 children? Bet it does. So where is the safety????
That's my understanding. They can't use any police or military ranges in their own country. They had to travel to other countries to train before this agreement. The place has lost common sense, excepting local election results last weekend.
Finally they are addressing the alarming incidents of Olympic athletes running amok.
I think they should look into banning the UK’s participation in javelin, archery, and shot put as well. If it saves even one child's life it will be worth it.
In fact, competition by its very nature is violent, too violent for England. People thinking about, and practicing toward, WINNING can lead to wrong thoughts that could possibly lead to injury of innocents.
The choice of yobs for gun crime.
Hey Anne! What is worth the lives of 2 children a year?
Your smug sense of self-accomplishment?
Since 1997, there have been on average 2 more under 18 year old Britons killed every year by shootings.
Come on Anne, what are their lives worth?
Not only is competition and the concept of winner/loser much too violent and judgmental, but just think if a trained English team were to WIN against competitors from an, ahem, “Asian” country. Sensibilities would be offended. Their righteous rage at the English crusaders would be understandable. We simply cannot allow such a “racial” insult to happen.
I wasn’t aware that Olympic shooters were in the habit of potting children. Pearston strikes me as more than a little unhinged on the topic.
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