From: Norman Bassett, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I get the feeling that you won against Tony Hill
because he wasn't there to talk about bans generally
and hadn't done any thinking about it.
All laws are "bans". How effective are they generally
and in particular, and should we abandon them because
they don't work 100%? Aren't the Firearms Acts "bans"?
The current debate is not about "bans" as such, it's
about what should and shouldn't be banned and why.
Anne Pearston is successful as a campaigner because
she's available on the phone when a journalist needs a
quote in a hurry and people know her by reputation.
She keeps saying things because she's emotionally
motivated. Accessibility is professional campaigning
and reputation is the result of doing it regularly.
You might care to compare the most famous pro-shooting
campaigner, erm....? No, I don't know a famous
pro-shooting campaigner either. Whose damn fault is
that with about 15 shooting associations?
On the subject of noise, a shot or two fired at game
might be regarded as normal country noise but I don't
think shooting at clays all day can be. I foresee
shotguns being fitted with silencers, like motor
vehicles.
Regards
Norman Bassett
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Well, he was certainly there to talk about banning
handguns, and it's perfectly valid to draw a comparison
with other bans. The studio staff seemed to think I
had won the argument at that point.
We do need to get more shooting reps in the laptops
of journalists, but I've found that they don't like
the ones we put forward, because we tell the truth
and it ruins their story. You see the truth that
there is no real problem with people owning guns is
rather dull, and they want an exciting story to wind
up the viewers with. That's why Anne Pearston and
co. get more press, they're better s--- stirrers and
sell more papers.
I've spoken to several journalists over the years,
from all the major papers and Channel 4 and the BBC,
and as soon as you tell them what the truth actually
is they fall into a coma and at best you stop them
from running the story.
Steve.
Cybershooters website: http://www.cybershooters.org
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