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Now that is one of the funniest things I've read on this site in a long while.
That's like saying it's been shown time and time again that all Ducati riders will eventually join an outlaw biker gang and commit serious offences.....
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Sorry Ducati but i have to disagree with your views. There are very responsible people out there, who yes have a gun licence and go out hunting, but have you ever thought why these people do this. Its not just for the sake of killing things it is to protect and preserve nature and in turn this protects the beloved land that such wildlife lives on.
If we as human beings did not take care and mange the land and animals that were on it then certain species would no longer exist.. and yes this maybe what some people think as natures way but since the beginning of time people have been hunting for food, and caring for the land they live on.
You will never persude me that to protect animals you should kill them. And I should of thought that responsible people wouldn't feel the need to own guns.
Guess how many people would have been murdered by Guns in the last 50 years if there were no guns out there owned by the population at large.
one more in Glasgow today!
(not that I actually care, its the animals that I feel sorry for)
I am not a "towny" I have lived in the countryside all my life.
I have some pretty extreme views on farming to so don't get me started.
Anyway, I will stop posting on this thread now as I am feeling a bit uncomfortable arguing with a crowd of gun owners.
This is the first Google hit:
Last August, Mr Foster shot his family before setting fire to their home in Maesbrook, near Oswestry, and shooting himself with a legally held .22 rifle.
From Sporting Gun Magazine-they are currently up in arms about the police wanting to tag gun owners medical records so GPs can let the police know when they go mad.
So you're going to base your case on one google hit? I could use that argument to ban rolling pins.
Handguns were declared illegal after Dunblane. So there are now very few legally held handguns in civilian hands...guess what's happened to the number of handguns in illegal circulation and used in crime since then? So you cannot blame legitimate shooters (or their guns) for that.
TBH, I'd say that GP's should be notified if their patient is a gun owner and should notify the Police if their is any question over their stability.Quote:
From Sporting Gun Magazine-they are currently up in arms about the police wanting to tag gun owners medical records so GPs can let the police know when they go mad.
Anyway, like you said, we've hijacked a Hobby thread, bad manners, so no further comment from me on this bit of the .Org.:D
You're wrong on the law there.
It is legal to kill feral cats using humane methods, I copied this from the BASC (British Association for Shooting And Conservation) website:
"The following mammals can be controlled by legally approved methods all year round:
Fox
Brown Rat
Mice*
Rabbit
Grey Squirrel
Mink
Weasel
Stoat
Feral Cat
* All species except Dormice"
This just proves that BASC knows F A about conservation. (Big Surprise!)
Anyone who knows anything about feral colonies of any species will know the vacuum effect: if you kill off one colony a new one will move in and take over. They are there because it is a good place to be.
The way to control Feral Cats is to Trap, Neuter and Release.
Surely we have moved on. It does not make it right just because it has always been done. We used to hang people innocent ones as that
I was brought up with guns around me most of the time, and it did me no harm. I never enjoyed killing animals, but I have done it for meat for my dog. My dad was a competition rifle shooter, and we had the kit to see to the foxes too, and this was done by moonlight from the comfort of the house on occasion.
Good days.
I think this wee debate has gone far enough... this aint helping the original request. Yes everybody has a right to express their views but start another thread.. And before you say it, yes i to have commented on this post.