AULD YIN Posted December 5, 2017 Report Share Posted December 5, 2017 Guns, Cheap Booze and Fast Cars Got your attention! It is nearing the festive season (yay) and it is time for socialising and enlivening the long winter nights. Without spoiling your fun, please remember that as a certificate holder you are expected to not just stay within the law, but to be seen to behave responsibly and with courtesy. Good ideas as seen through ‘beer goggles’ often look rather foolish in the light of the following day when your guns are being lifted pending a suitability assessment. Drink driving is a no no - period. In Scotland the drink driving blood level is much lower than England and Wales, but wherever you are in the UK, if you are charged with drink driving then you most likely face revocation as well and potentially for quite a long time. Nominated drivers are a good idea and there are ‘mocktail’ options tastier than just Irn-Bru or Coke. Heavy drinking at shoot lunches is a risk in so many other ways. If you see someone going too far, do please have a word with your shoot captain or organiser. Whilst accidents do happen, they are usually entirely avoidable and alcohol can be a contributory factor. So a word of caution from the SACS firearms team: This is your life – there are no rehearsals so enjoy it to the maximum. If shooting is a big part of your life, please don’t do something silly you may live long to regret. Stay safe and stay sensible, which should get you more shooting invites and permissions anyway. johnnie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadkill Posted December 8, 2017 Report Share Posted December 8, 2017 This shouldn't just be an Xmas message , this needs sending to all shoots at the beginning of the season as I bet a high % of them have guns drinking over the legal limits Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mungler Posted December 8, 2017 Report Share Posted December 8, 2017 Well, that message is for the Jocks really isn’t it? Heavy drinking (and whacking the wife) are respected national pastimes. As Prince Philip famously observed and said to a Scottish driving instructor: “How do you keep the natives off the booze long enough to get them through the test?”. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billytheghillie Posted December 8, 2017 Report Share Posted December 8, 2017 6 hours ago, Mungler said: Well, that message is for the Jocks really isn’t it? Heavy drinking (and whacking the wife) are respected national pastimes. As Prince Philip famously observed and said to a Scottish driving instructor: “How do you keep the natives off the booze long enough to get them through the test?”. Well heres one Jock who doesn't drink. Come to think of it the Morris Dancers from down south do a fair bit of drinking! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunkield Posted December 8, 2017 Report Share Posted December 8, 2017 Wise words, this is why when we visit Scotland we drink where we stay. Having said that, you don't really need to be told, you should be able to work this out for yourself Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigbob Posted December 8, 2017 Report Share Posted December 8, 2017 Nice reminder i think my renewal is Jan 1 st Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old man Posted December 9, 2017 Report Share Posted December 9, 2017 Sadly, not renewing next time. Some how lost it's way for me since Ian's retirement, podcasts not for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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