From: "Tim Jeffreys", [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>By posting on this site you are taking part in a public
debate. If you do not like it, then it may indeed be
appropriate for you to "Stay with the professionals" and
indulge in the Internet equivalent of funny handshakes in
your own increasingly isolated little world.<
Regardless of the perceived bias or otherwise of "IG" and Mitch 's points of
view, I think the list would be much the poorer without them. Although email
gives a certain anonimity, it still takes a reasonable strength of character
to defend your opinion at the risk of having it shot at by dozens of very
angry people. Many of their opinions are bound to be coloured by the dregs
of humanity with whom they come into contact daily, so like any group of
"common purpose" there is going to be a feeling of "us and them", just like
all us paranoid shooters have...<g>
I have several non-shooting friends who are serving police officers - there
is some definite "us and them", but they seem normal people to me - and it
does make for interesting conversation.....
If the list was limited to only those who had the time and resources to have
total perspective in 20 20 vision on all firearms issues then there would be
no debate, no education, and the content would certainly be a lot less
colourful (wouldn't it Dave....).
As for attitude, the only real piece of deliberate police licencing
obstruction I have experienced personally is the following:
I recall handing in my first application for a shotgun certificate; having
just walked three miles to get to the police station, I naively expected in
my law-abiding enthusiasm to just hand over the bits required on the form
and the cheque.
It was a Saturday afternoon, and the local football team were playing at
home. As I walked up to the front desk, there was a radio on monitoring
local events and it became apparent that a colleague of the chaps at the
desk had just been clobbered and injured by a follower of the "beautiful
game" - not a good start.
- So, up walks muggins with shiny application form and payment, to be
greeted by a very large, very displeased person, who, after scanning through
the correctly completed form, asked me to supply the "height" of the person
of good character (my local vicar). Well I didn't know, and at 17, I wasn't
going to argue with a police sargeant who, as a figure of authority,
obviously knew the Law far better than I did.
Suffice it to say I obtained this spurious information, and with another six
mile round trip dutifully supplied it and the correct items to a rather
bemused (different) officer some days later...
Tim : )
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