novice cushie shooter Posted May 1, 2014 Report Share Posted May 1, 2014 http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/apr/28/britain-plutocrats-landed-gentry-shotgun-owners Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
novice cushie shooter Posted May 1, 2014 Author Report Share Posted May 1, 2014 My fave quote 'ensure shotguns are issued only to the kind of dangerous lunatics who use them for mowing down pheasants' This is what we are up against in the anti media dept nowadays. Tosh utter tosh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dekers Posted May 1, 2014 Report Share Posted May 1, 2014 (edited) Bottom line is shooting is a net contributor to the economy despite all this bull. The country forgets shooting employs a lot of people, and shooters pay 20% VAT on all our guns/ammo/clothes etc etc etc, and all the companies that supply shooting equipment etc pay tax on their profits. All this far outweighs any perceived subsidy, and if Firearms regions were more efficient it wouldn't cost £196 to issue a FAC, is it our fault they are incompetent, and do we demand licencing, no we don't, society wants us to be licenced for their own good, so society should pay, not us, it has also been suggested by CC Marsh that FAC fees should/could be £100 if done online, I don't know how that would work? These articles are easy to write and we are easy targets, someone needs to put the true case, but of course promoting shooting as a positive financial benefit to the country is not PC. Edited May 1, 2014 by Dekers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muddy Funker Posted May 2, 2014 Report Share Posted May 2, 2014 My fave quote 'ensure shotguns are issued only to the kind of dangerous lunatics who use them for mowing down pheasants' This is what we are up against in the anti media dept nowadays. Tosh utter tosh I know, they haven't got a clue. I use my car to mow down pheasants not a shotgun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MartynGT4 Posted May 2, 2014 Report Share Posted May 2, 2014 Ignorant people like George Monbiot are probably best ignored... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
novice cushie shooter Posted May 2, 2014 Author Report Share Posted May 2, 2014 Trouble is martyng how many of his say 500k readers will believe what hes spouting... i can easily ignore him but what about those who dont know the truth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scully Posted May 2, 2014 Report Share Posted May 2, 2014 Trouble is martyng how many of his say 500k readers will believe what hes spouting... i can easily ignore him but what about those who dont know the truth. So you'll be writing a letter to the Guardian then? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strangford wildfowler Posted May 2, 2014 Report Share Posted May 2, 2014 Shooting is worth something like £1.75B (THERE ABOUTS) now where is the government gonna get that money from, by putting taxes up even more no one would be happy at that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
novice cushie shooter Posted May 2, 2014 Author Report Share Posted May 2, 2014 So you'll be writing a letter to the Guardian then? e mail. Will i post a copy?? Mods feel free to merge did not see other threds Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
compo90 Posted May 2, 2014 Report Share Posted May 2, 2014 We and the organisations that represent us (basc, ca, ngc, sacs etc...) Need to be proactive in media management, we have sat back and now have the hunting act, such drip feeding in the media by anti's re-inforcing stereotypes of shooters will lead to more infringements upon our lifestyles, hobbies and jobs. I started this post/thread http://forums.pigeonwatch.co.uk/forums/topic/282464-lets-defend-shooting-and-countrysports/?do=findComment&comment=2519605 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scully Posted May 2, 2014 Report Share Posted May 2, 2014 e mail. Will i post a copy?? Mods feel free to merge did not see other threds Let us know their response. I haven't e-mailed as yet but I will later today. Should be fun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cottonseed Posted May 3, 2014 Report Share Posted May 3, 2014 Ignorant people like George Monbiot are probably best ignored... What else would you expect from a London-centric, Marxist bigot? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pegasus bridge Posted May 3, 2014 Report Share Posted May 3, 2014 What else would you expect from a London-centric, Marxist bigot? George is a typical left wing hypocrite, he has enjoyed the benefit and advantages of a private education - but now rallies against private education ( obviously once he has enjoyed it of course ) he then moves to rural wales and commences his opposition to sheep farming! You couldn't make it up!! All the time churning out **** about "rewilding" the countryside with long departed species . He really boils my ****. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spinach Posted May 4, 2014 Report Share Posted May 4, 2014 Well I hardly expect he would welcome a warm acceptance here. He is as you say an anachronism, a lofty politician without party and loves the sound of his voice as apparently others do. I'm glad to live in the same country that allows mine and his views on the world, I just choice to listen to his with amusement and the same disdain that he would mine. Long live democracy. John. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yellow Bear Posted May 4, 2014 Report Share Posted May 4, 2014 George is a typical left wing hypocrite, he has enjoyed the benefit and advantages of a private education - but now rallies against private education ( obviously once he has enjoyed it of course ) he then moves to rural wales and commences his opposition to sheep farming! You couldn't make it up!! All the time churning out **** about "rewilding" the countryside with long departed species . He really boils my ****. to be fair it is mainly aimed at the "Grolies" who pay his bills Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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