dromia wrote:
We do have mechanisms in place which our "bodies" support for engagement with the legislators but they are totally ineffectual, just look at the fees debacle in which we were once again shafted, look at the airgun legislation being introduced in Scotland.
Wrong. If they were totally ineffectual a grant would now cost £200+. Today it costs £88 - not a resounding victory, but a victory nonetheless.
Dougan wrote:
I've said a dozen times that not all NRA members (including myself) want the NRA to be political...their constitution is based on 'target shooting'...it's a vital part of shooting in the UK, so why not let the NRA have their remit and leave the politics to someone else?
Because without the politics, there is no target shooting. I understand why the NRA is terrified of political engagement (not least because of the associations with its US namesake) but frankly it's about time the association stepped up to the plate and got stuck in under its own name, rather than wringing its hands and leaving it all to BSSC and the dogs'n'donkeys set.
Like all effective bullies, the police have made their position on gun law virtually unassailable while working hard to deny anyone else the ability to challenge them. If we don't stand up now and seize control of this review to turn it to our advantage, we'll get shafted again.
At least this time it's a nationwide problem and not confined to the wibblings of the Scottish Nazis in their failed state.
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