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> OK. I'll risk the hate mail and say that I tend agree with some at least of
> what IG says! Is there anyone out there who hasn't looked around the
> firing point and thought " Now how the hell did he/she ever get a
> certificate?"
> Fortunately none of us are privy to the particular peculiarities of some of
> our fellow shooters which might or might not disqualify them from firearms
> ownership but for society at large these matters are of some interest
> and we do ourselves no favours by adopting the 'any kind of gun for
> absolutely anyone' attitude that some subscribers seem to favour.
I can honestly say that I have never come across another
FAC holder who I have thought to be dangerous. Yes I
have known one or two, maybe three, who have had
tickets pulled and one who got refused an application
quite a while ago. The ones who had tickets pulled were
because of medical reasons or shooting where they
shouldn't, yes I accept that under the Law the revocations
were perfectly justified but that is a long way from
actually using a firearm in a way so as to be dangerous
ie; that may lead to damaging property, upsetting the
peace or getting someone shot.
I'm sure we have all thought at one time or another that
"such and such" is a little strange, eccentric, weird etc,
but I'll bet, most of this applied to people we didn't really
know all that well? Even then being any of the above is a
very long way from being actually dangerous with a
firearm. If we had a system that issued FAC's, or any
type of licence or privilege for that matter, based on the
grounds that you didn't like the look of someone then no
one would get them.
> Fortunately none of us are privy to the particular
peculiarities of some of
> our fellow shooters which might or might not disqualify
them from firearms
> ownership but for society at large these matters are of
some interest
> and we do ourselves no favours by adopting the 'any
kind of gun for
> absolutely anyone' attitude that some subscribers
seem to favour.
No one is advocating this type of approach. I don't have a
problem with not issuing FAC's to people who genuinely
are a potential danger and there are lots of them about,
people convicted of violence, drug or alcohol addicts, the
mentaly impared, but when we start applying the principle
of "Well he's a little unorthodox, lets pull/deny his cert,
we are heading for trouble because there's nothing to
stop it being you next time.
Jonathan Laws
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I've met tons of shooters who were a bit weird or eccentric,
but there's nothing dangerous about that. In fact it is
quite refreshing to be honest, more interesting than the
homogenous TV-induced brainwashed people I'm used to meeting.
Steve.
Cybershooters website: http://www.cybershooters.org
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