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<< It
seems to me to be yet another case of 'lets have a go at
the police 'cos they never answer back' and its a popular
national pastime from disenchanted shooters who blame
every one but themselves for their problems. >>
I'm not sitting still for that piece of canteen culture
self-justification!
The main sources of our troubles are: a hostile Home
Office, a hostile police force and a cynical media who
don't give a damn who they hurt. All this was brought
together by two shooting tragedies perpetrated by
criminal lunatics. I do not share in any collective
responsibility for their actions despite the efforts of
corrupt politicians to tar me and my friends as borderline
psychopaths and a cancer on the body of society. From
my point of view the police bear much more resposibility
for shooters' troubles that ever shooters do. We were
the convenient scapegoat that the police used after
Hungerford and particularly Dunblane and they certainly
answered back then. ACPO were very quickly off the mark
to shift the responsibility.
If we do show culpability for our problems it is because
we didn't answer back after Dunblane when the Home Office
and ACPO PR machine steamrollered over us.
Not that it will do me any good but I thoroughly resent
your remarks as being offensive and rooted in ignorance.
Kenneth Pantling
--
"There is an easily identifiable police attitude towards
the possession of guns by members of the public. Every
possible difficulty should be put in their way. No
documentation can be too rigid, no security requirement
too arbitrary, which prevents guns coming into the hands
of criminals." - Police Review 8/10/82
That, in a nutshell, has been my experience with several
firearm licensing officers.
Steve.
Cybershooters website: http://www.cybershooters.org
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