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another Parliament petition to lift the handgun ban
Posted: Fri Sep 22, 2017 6:25 pm
by joe
we have another petition to repeal the handgun ban which was started by a facebook discussion,
please sign and pass it on
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/200740
Re: another Parliament petition to lift the handgun ban
Posted: Fri Sep 22, 2017 6:30 pm
by bradaz11
not really much of a reasoned arguement on there... surprised it was approved
Re: another Parliament petition to lift the handgun ban
Posted: Fri Sep 22, 2017 6:52 pm
by breacher
bradaz11 wrote:not really much of a reasoned arguement on there... surprised it was approved
This.
Re: another Parliament petition to lift the handgun ban
Posted: Fri Sep 22, 2017 7:10 pm
by nigelc
Signed but not hopeful - especially as there is no good reason for none shooters to sign it.
Re: another Parliament petition to lift the handgun ban
Posted: Fri Sep 22, 2017 8:00 pm
by Daryll
To be honest I'm not sure I agree with the entire petition...."allow everyone to own any firearm. "...?!?!
That doesn't happen even in the US....
Re: another Parliament petition to lift the handgun ban
Posted: Fri Sep 22, 2017 9:48 pm
by lasbrisas
There's more chance of being struck by lightning down a coal mine.
Re: another Parliament petition to lift the handgun ban
Posted: Fri Sep 22, 2017 10:22 pm
by Alpha1
lasbrisas wrote:There's more chance of being struck by lightning down a coal mine.
What he said total waste of time.
Re: another Parliament petition to lift the handgun ban
Posted: Sat Sep 23, 2017 1:38 pm
by Hunter87
The more of these that keep going around the less likely people are to sign it....
Re: another Parliament petition to lift the handgun ban
Posted: Sat Sep 23, 2017 2:00 pm
by Dark Skies
Hunter87 wrote:The more of these that keep going around the less likely people are to sign it....
I agree.
I'm all for the idea of a well crafted petition based on sound reasoned argument. I'd sign that.
However, I think petitions as per the current example do a lot more harm than good. They come across as some chav wanting firearms just because. They make us all sound dodgy. One even wonders if that is the real intention behind it. A Trojan Horse.
My wife always used to say inside me there was an American trying to get out (I had a reply for that but this is the family friendly section. :) ) but even i wouldn't want guns for everyone. Everyone? Convicted criminals? Nutters? People with questionable associations? I don't think so.
Re: another Parliament petition to lift the handgun ban
Posted: Sat Sep 23, 2017 2:38 pm
by Sim G
Petitions are cr@p. There's only one way to get pistol shooting back within the UK mainland, and that is a seriously funded and determined program of lobbying. It means positive PR and a single voice for shooters. Never going to happen, accept it. You don't have to like it, but, you need to face it.
Our best chance was missed, the 2012 Olympics. Shooting disciplines are far too fractured with a definite pecking order and with "representatives", the likes of the tw@t Yardley, we're on a hiding to nothing.
If you honestly can't live without pistol shooting then try the alternatives. Muzzle loading and percussion revolvers. Even long barrelled. You can even go section 7 or stores pistols over seas. Damn, you could even relocate to Northern Ireland, the Isle of Man or the Channel Islands!
But seriously, anyone starting an on line petition "give everyone pistols back", has no grip at all in the reality...