Wow,
Some wonderfully contradictory statements from Peter there:
1:20 - "I am not an expert on the shooting business"
Really? So er, how come you keep on stating that you are an advisor to ACPO and other bodies on shooting matters. Certainly participants in shooting sports would agree that Peter Squires is no expert on shooting.
1:30 - "I am not devoted to a relentless critique on shooting as a practice
Well your actions show otherwise don't they Peter.
1:50 - Long diatribe about criminal use of air guns in a Brighton council estate (no corroborating evidence provided)ending with this "It pointed to a picture that if people are allowed to keep weapons at home and people are fairly cavalier about how they used those and secured them particularly with Children around then you can expect wide spread misuse of those weapons.
No Peter what you have described is uncorroborated low level criminality in a council estate. Something that can be dealt with within the law using proactive policing methods and education (as was found in Scotland when similar issues were raised). It does not mean all owners of guns who store them at home are more likely to display antisocial or criminal behaviour. As anybody who has any serious knowledge of academic research Correlation is not Causation.
4:00 - Dunblane blah blah blah "A select committee referred to the casual cruelty associated with widespread firearm ownership"
What was the context of that statement Peter? Why bring up Dunblane in a talk about the shooting of wildlife?
4:40 - "Shotguns are prevalent and they are increasingly misused"
Another unsubstantiated statement, what is your EVIDENCE to back up that statement Peter?!
5:40 - "There is a real lack of knowledge amongst the public about guns out there"
I would add "Peter Squires" to that comment.
5:50 - "Who knew...(sic) that private citizens could own an AK47 assault rifle"
Still can own an AK47 Peter but due to the pointless SLR ban it can't be self loading any-more. Considering the legality of Section 1 self loading shot guns it is a rule that has added nothing to public safety but prevented a whole law abiding section of the community access to a whole class of gun. Further from that he mentions Hungerford, Dunblane, Cumbria...all the buzz word events that were all down to the failure of the Police to enforce the laws we already have! He also makes a long diatribe about the shooting statistics, he never once mentions that gun crime is a tiny minority of all crime including that which is violent.
Now lots of stuff about Guning for children and Shooting porn:
a) Gunning for children failed as a campaign :lol:
b) Shooting Porn - yes please
here is some...
I feel a strange urge to go to the bathroom...
17:30 - Not going to quote but a lot of stuff about the nature and class origins of those who shoot shot guns and the average costs £5000+ up to £70'000 for a pair of shotguns. Load of bollards! People from all classes and walks of life shoot shotguns in the countryside and you can pick up a shot gun for £200 which will do the job and most people will spend no more the £1000.
28:45 - "There are quite a few articles in gun magazines that the law is becoming lenient to those victimised in their homes (this is after talking about using guns for self defence)
Where are these articles in the shooting press Peter? I haven't seen them, as far as I am aware the UK shooting press has been very keen to report the sporting ONLY uses of guns and would not be reporting favourably about an act that would push their readership to break the law!
I can't be bothered to deal with anything else he says but do scroll to 37:05! Does anybody know where the handbag is? Also the next lecture sounds interesting "The secrets of Vegan baking".... I was rolling around the floor laughing the timing was so funny!
