gixer1 Posted January 18, 2012 Report Share Posted January 18, 2012 (edited) IMO, if you cannot spell, you should not be issued with any licence! Posted 14 August 2011 - 12:09 PM I had a problem with my disco the other day. The ignition key was not recognized by the car... I called the man in the yellow van, he said it was sown to radio interference as it started not long after he arrived. Has anyone had a similar problem? So no dyslexic people should be allowed to drive, have a gun,or be a 007 agent? so when will you be handing your SGC or FAC in?? Edited January 18, 2012 by gixer1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon R Posted January 18, 2012 Report Share Posted January 18, 2012 (edited) gixer1 - you are indeed a man with an eye for detail and a decent memory. Like it. :good: RC45 - IMO, if you cannot spell, you should not be issued with any licence! I have a very good friend who is dyslexic. He also has a degree in Chemistry. These are not easily come by. Why should spelling be a factor in licence applications? Will grammar be next? Almost ineluctably. Edited January 18, 2012 by Gordon R Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poontang Posted January 18, 2012 Report Share Posted January 18, 2012 One point is none of use a licence we have a certificate a different thing entirely legally. Is the system due for overhaul? Yes. Does it need to be comprehensive? Yes DO the public require more legislation to make them feel safe? No Do we need current legislation and guidance to be simplified and followed consistently? Yes. Interesting point most ordinary people (none shooters but also none anti) will react in a usual pattern to most things. Those who are living in the most fear of violent crime tend to be those in lowest statistical risk bracket (older people) yet those in least fear of violent crime are those most likely to be subject to it (males under 25/30). Fear of crime is a very important factor played on by the media and the elected classes. My worry is elected police commissioners could have a negative impact on shooters for the publicity. I can almost gaurentees stop someone in the street in an urban area of the UK and ask "should people be allowed to keep guns at home?" the answer will be "No". Take the same person and explain to the details let them try out the sport and the answer will probably be "yes" I've seen/known it happen. Education is the key, I would really really like to see the CPSA and BASC NRA NSRA (with the help of its membership) and the rest stop preaching to the converted and start approaching as many schools and organisations as possible to get more people to try the sport be it target shooting (paper, polo mints, clays) or going beating on a game day etc. If we all took 3 people who had never held a gun before out for a couple of hours showed them safe handling, and let them have a go in a controlled environment and leave with a big grin then we would be 3 times stronger than we are! You've been reading that book again haven't you? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HDAV Posted January 18, 2012 Report Share Posted January 18, 2012 You've been reading that book again haven't you? Only needed to read it once Offer still stands..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poontang Posted January 20, 2012 Report Share Posted January 20, 2012 Only needed to read it once Offer still stands..... You've been indoctrinated :yp: Like I said, thanks but no thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HDAV Posted January 20, 2012 Report Share Posted January 20, 2012 You've been indoctrinated :yp: Like I said, thanks but no thanks. Yep my invitation to Walt world is on its way Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikky Posted January 20, 2012 Report Share Posted January 20, 2012 got my fac,got everything i asked for..off to the shop to buy first rifle ,came home with with a nice second hand parker hale 308.....didnt know how the safety worked,didnt know how to get the bolt out,when i did get it out i couldnt get it back again had no real knowledge of the different types,makes, of rounds for it......took it back to the shop and asked for a lesson in how to do everything from stipping it down to cleaning it....its never happened since but that first purchase made me realise how many other people are out there who dont know what they are doing.i think everyone should be able to show some basic knowledge of the firearm they are buying before they walk out of the shop with it. how to do it ...just ask mikky Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wymberley Posted March 14, 2012 Report Share Posted March 14, 2012 So no dyslexic people should be allowed to drive, have a gun,or be a 007 agent? so when will you be handing your SGC or FAC in?? What's up with recognized? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Marty Posted March 14, 2012 Report Share Posted March 14, 2012 Yeap thats the one cheers lads :good: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonathanL Posted March 16, 2012 Report Share Posted March 16, 2012 I'm in two minds about this. I can see very good arguments for some sort of standardised test/training system but lots of arguments against it too. The main arguments against are that it won't end up as just a single standardised test, it will end up being an excuse for ever tightening of the restrictions and ever more pointless rules (official and otherwise) being introduced. Getting things added to the test will become a regular political point-scoring exercise and it will end up just like the system we have now. In some senses its a pity in that if politicians weren't such absolute untrustworthy, insecure losers then shooters may not have such stgrongly held objections as to what they propose. J. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zulu Posted March 16, 2012 Report Share Posted March 16, 2012 Maybe the BASC Shotgun Safe Shot Assessment could be incorporated in to the membership for new shooters ? Julian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CharlieT Posted March 16, 2012 Report Share Posted March 16, 2012 Of course we need mandatory training, one only has to look at the disproportionately high number of firearms related accidents and the huge number of dead and dying people littering the countryside to realise that such training is more than overdue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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