froggy wrote:Gaz,
You've got all the influential newspapers queueing up etc ... etc ...
Cos of course all the influential newspapers have been waiting for that moment before queuing up to bash lawful firearms owners ?
Are you actually for real ??
BTW , You still have not answer, who in your view from the Conservatives and Labour has done anything to help the cause of pistol shooting in the UK ?
You can't answer because for the 1st time since 1997, when Labour banned pistols, a politician actually makes a public stand and takes the defence of pistol shooting !
and all you can do is complain ??
Bafling !!
In case you were too busy trying to constantly scrutinise the police for faults, UKIP single-handed has managed to break the taboo & mutual tacit agreement of the two major political parties to ignore the concerns of the nation about immigration and force the issue on the agenda...
The same way, the Consevative & Labour have been ignoring the issue of gun control, leaving the only voice heard in the land to be the one calling for yet more restriction. Not even a pip from the NRA is heard nationwide in the medias on the issue.
Let's be clear . If the current situation goes on, if gun-owners keep crawling & hiding in the dark, slowly their rights will be erroded until everything is finally taken away from them.
Only, if all the shooters, gun-owners but also field-sport lovers were to place a voice in Westminster do they stand a chance to be heard.
It happens that the only party ready to be this voice, whether you like it or not, is UKIP .
Why the hell should we stand by and take a kicking from the newspapers? Journos aren't totally immune to arguments changing their minds - I've spent the afternoon, on and off, debating with an Economist reporter about firearms theft stats and showed him that the Home Office numbers, while accurate, are presented in such a way as to confuse anyone without in-depth knowledge looking at the topic. (in brief, they lump pistol, rifle, shotgun and starting pistol - yes, really - thefts together under the heading of "firearms").
Labour is open in its hate of us - I've written about that before myself. The Conservatives aren't actively against us, but they certainly aren't helping us. Had it not been for Bird I do think we might have had some progress with the Olympic pistols - but as it was, that passed us by.
Here UKIP's leader has gifted the antis an opportunity to bash us. Heck, there's an anti-UKIP campaign who've now started a petition for pistols to
remain illegal. Yet you want to continue sitting in the dark and let everyone keep pouring buckets of ordure over us because you think the sun shines out of Farage's backside!
As for field sport lovers, you are aware that UKIP are trying to attract the animal rights lunatics, aren't you?
http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/455804 ... p-policies - "Animal rights protestors don't have a clue about Ukip - we'd ban live exports, says Farage"