IMHO, the best way of reducing airgun-related incidents is education, not regulation.
As a young child, I wasn't even allowed a toy gun. Once I was old enough, and had had firearms safety drummed into me so it became second nature, my dad started to take me out shooting with him. I've done the same with my children.
As the old adage says - a gun will not kill anybody; it's the person behind who does.
As I say - educating people about firearms safety is the key element.
Exactly!
Next we'll have to lock our kitchen knives in a cabinet, and the Chain Saw, Hedge Trimmer, Ball Point Pen.............................
Once again, common sense is being removed from our young. I sincerely hope there is a revolt of massive proportions soon! I'm a very peaceful man, but this kind of thing boils my piss.
I can think of more important things that would 'boil my piss'.
Common sense dissappeared along time ago. That's why there's so may arrogant 'only care about myself' selfish blanks out there.
Yes, you might behave in the correct way, but there's an increasing majority who don't. As always they spoil it for the rest. Some people are incapable and unwilling to be educated.
Society makes laws to protect people from themselves and each other, and being young and fit myself, and having being shot a number of times, it hurts, but as said, I'm young and fit so can still defend myself. More vulnerable people can't. These are the people society needs to protect from our resident idiots.
If you were to check, gun crime has significantly decreased (nationally) over a couple of decades.
Knife crime peaked just over 5 years ago (decreasing slightly since).
Wouldn't we be better of sticking the Kitchen Devil's in a locked cabinet?
I wont go into detail, because it's my business and I dont talk about that stuff, but I've had several thousand rounds of serious ammunition, including missiles fired at me and my colleagues. Thankfully, I dont have any physical wounds to prove this.
On another note, shooting animals or pests, vermin, whatever is actually a good thing when done in a controlled manner. DOnt forget that us as humans introduced (example) The Grey Squirrel. Kill 'em all!
Do you want a medal? I've got plenty.
Knife crime, as some sort of comparison is irrelevant. It doesn't matter if gun crime has dropped. One gun crime is one too many. And as for people saying about good parenting etc, if we had good parenting across the country, we wouldn't be in the lawless state we're in.
I don't care if we introduced grey squirrels or not. What then is your justificaation for killing them?
You say 'kill 'em all'. I say kill all the arrogant arseholes who shoot animals.
My point exactly - it's all about educaton, not legislation!!!!
Look at handgun crime stats as a case in point. Since they were banned, crimes involving handguns have sky-rocketed. Which just goes to prove - the criminals of this world can, and do, continue to hold them, whereas us law-abiding people cannot.
Do you think that's fair Geoff??
And as for your comment about about "killing arseholes who shoot animals" - my family and I enjoy a nice rabbit stew, pigeon pie, and pheasant - basically, anything I shoot which we can eat, we do eat. Is that wrong? Or would you sooner us buy it from a butcher, who's bought it from another "gun", who shot it in the first place?
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