[SmokingJoe]

So how come even the English/Scottish Olympic shooters fall under this ban; and shooters can only train in Northern Ireland, the Channel Islands, the Isle of Man, or abroad?
Olympic shooting includes shotguns and rifles, no?

[darkside321]

Well if they shoot handguns... Then Yes.
Because as said handguns are banned in England.
For the rest i think you are wrong informed.
Maybe some of them are too young or maybe a special calibre is banned too (I really don´t know because i don´t live in England)... So who knows... but for the rest as said they are legal so need to train somewhere else.

[Winniesboy]

Sorry, but you’re on a losing wicket on this one. Shotguns are widely, legally owned in Britain and have never beeen affected by any ban. I live in the rural southwest of England, where most of my farming neighbours legally own one or more shotguns. Indeed shotgun ownership has actually become more widespread round here in recent years, as the commercial game shooting estates attract many city businessmen, for whom a day’s shooting in the country has become a fashionable alternative to the golf course.

[archy]

So how come even the English/Scottish Olympic shooters fall under this ban; and shooters can only train in Northern Ireland, the Channel Islands, the Isle of Man, or abroad? Olympic shooting includes shotguns and rifles, no?

Well, they were working on it.

What happens next could be anyone's guess. But it surely does look like Enoch was right.