From: "Mike Burns", [EMAIL PROTECTED] I see The NRA, NSRA and CPSA are looking for volunteers to help run the Commonwealth Shooting Federation Championships - 23-31 August 2001; and the Commonwealth Games 16July - 4 August 2002. See NRA Winter Journal page 3 for details. Both contain centrefire pistol events, of course, illegal in this country. Anyone have any comments on this? --- Yes. 1: I will not be volunteering to help with the pistol comps in a passive act of complaint (and I hope that everyone else feels the same). If I am going to be in the country at the time, I will apply to help with the Rifle (as I hope any other RCO would do). 2: I will be writing a letter to the NRA and several newspapers outlining my grievances about these foreigners being allowed pistols but not us. 3: I will try to organise a (probably County or University level) Pistol competition and will get _everyone_ involved to apply to the Home Office for a pistol, because we simply wish to compete in the same way as the Commonwealth shooters do. (I feel this would be more effective than just lots of people writing to signal our annoyance). 4: I will try to arrange a peaceful "sit in" on the first day of the Commonwealth Championships on 25 Aug 2001 (50m Free Pistol 10:45am according to the provisional timetable) and get as many people as possible (e.g. 2-3000 disgruntled pistol shooters) to sit in and around Melville, the Pistol Galleries, and the new 50m range to show how we feel about these laws. We will then disperse and allow the rest of the competitions to continue on the other days. Having spoken to people in the NRA, they feel that this is the chance to get some form of real pistol shooting back in the UK. A small, public act of defiance will show the Govt that we're annoyed but will not be too harsh (e.g. sit ins for all the competitions) that ol'Tone will stamp his feet and tell us to move, and if we win any medals, then the chances appear fairly good that we'll get some concession. If we just let it wash over us (as we have done so many times before) then HM Govt may just not notice that we were bothered about it. Who's up for it then? Bisley is very nice at that time of year....(unlike today, which was freezing) Mike Cybershooters website: http://www.cybershooters.org List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___________________________________________________________ T O P I C A http://www.topica.com/t/17 Newsletters, Tips and Discussions on Your Favorite Topics
