Dr W Posted October 23, 2007 Report Share Posted October 23, 2007 Disgusting bit of biased reporting in the metro today. A boy of ten has been given a shotgun licence by police. The information, released under the freedom of information Act, has horrified people living in the area and anti-gun campaigners, who believe he is not mature enough to handle a deadly weapon. The youngster was grnated permission to use a shotgun after Surrey Police vetted his suitability to use the gun. Mike Huskisson, of the Animal Welfare Information Service, said: 'common sense tells us that it is courting disaster to arm children.' But Roger Weedon, firearms licencing manager for Surrey Police, said: 'Anyone who applies for a licence goes through a rigorous vetting process.' What the hell has it to do with the Animal Welfare Information Service that a 10 year old has been given a shotgun licence, where does it mention that he will be out shooting animals, it might be just for clays, it doesn't mention that he'd have to be supervised anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dunganick Posted October 23, 2007 Report Share Posted October 23, 2007 at least they got a highly qualified expert in firearms handeling : Animal Welfare Information Service, he probably hasnt seen a gun in his life yet alone shot one. A 10 year old will have to be supervised to use a shotgun, at least this one has a lisence unlike the hundreds of 10 year olds taken shooting under the supervision of their father. At 10 years old i wasnt suitable to use a shotgun....... on my own.... but under suspervision and if your physically capable of doing so then whats the issue. Typical anti busy bodies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suffolk shooter Posted October 23, 2007 Report Share Posted October 23, 2007 Sums up what the country's media truely knows about shooting alongside the reports of Kate Middleton zeroing the Stalking Rifle. It seems to me that BASC, CPSA, CA, CLA, NRA et al. need to be more proactive in terms of PR on the subject regardless of whether it is for target or live quarry. SS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cartridge Posted October 23, 2007 Report Share Posted October 23, 2007 Its better ,i think that boy will never go out and commit crimes or anything,like gang members and other criminals. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webber Posted October 23, 2007 Report Share Posted October 23, 2007 DrW Animal Welfare Information Service, this is just a publicity stunt. Who had heard of this outfit before this article? webber Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cartridge Posted October 23, 2007 Report Share Posted October 23, 2007 I for one did not Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunkield Posted October 23, 2007 Report Share Posted October 23, 2007 Based in Suffolk, says it all realy http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/acigawis/awisnews.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J@mes Posted October 23, 2007 Report Share Posted October 23, 2007 looks like a really professional outfit....knock that website up in an afternoon did they? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
starlight32 Posted October 23, 2007 Report Share Posted October 23, 2007 That organization has been set up by an ex dis-gruntled member of LACS. Reason I know is the address on the website is only 10 mile from where I live and the guy mentioned used to be a main player in the LACS organization- very well known in my local area. He is the guy who filmed the keeper on the shoot in cambridgeshire which ended up with the keeper arrested and fined for swearing. It was posted on here recently. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul65 Posted October 23, 2007 Report Share Posted October 23, 2007 He seems to be the only person bitching about it. So much for an outcry. Elsewhere there's this quote from him - "Kids will be kids, but kids with guns can kill like men. It is not the gun that kills but the person who pulls the trigger." Funny, usually these people argue "Guns kill and they must be banned." I spose the argument can be twisted inside out so long as it achieves the desired result. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suffolk shooter Posted October 23, 2007 Report Share Posted October 23, 2007 Starlight32 was that the gentleman we we're discussing on Sunday? I believe that this website has been brought to attention before, but to be honest it is very rarely updated, and if you actually spend the time to read it throughly you can see that the person has no real ideas of his own and regurgitates articles from as far back as the 1800's. What the hell that has to do with Modern life I don't know! There is no mention of the 10 year old boy being given a SGC on the site and their one and only celebrity clip is about Clarissa Dickinson going into bankruptcy which was taken from a local (and I do mean local) rag in 2003. It is clear that this is no big time player in the world of anti-ism, and the methods used border on the illegal and invasive. Certainly I feel that I would have done alot more than just swear and push the bloke if he was waving a camera in my face whilst I was out participating in a perfectly legal sport. How outdated is otter hunting, live pigeon shooting (from baskets not decoying) et al. The only thing the bloke appears to be good at is history and as the name says it does what it it says on the tin, its history nothing more nothing less. SS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cartridge Posted October 23, 2007 Report Share Posted October 23, 2007 Well a knife kills aswell, why not licence knife's lol knife size -knife type- why do you need this knife - where will you use this knife 4" - kitchen knife - cutting up cheese - kitchen B) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J@mes Posted October 23, 2007 Report Share Posted October 23, 2007 and to show kids can be trusted: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/wear/7055853.stm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bagsy Posted October 23, 2007 Report Share Posted October 23, 2007 Poor reporting it has to be agreed. On a plus side todays metro also ran a full page spread on eating game and it's growing popularity. I bet the wannabe from the Animal whatever it was called service was gutted the story ran on the same day! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mossy835 Posted October 23, 2007 Report Share Posted October 23, 2007 good for him glad to see he has one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pushkin Posted October 23, 2007 Report Share Posted October 23, 2007 That guy who has the website really does seem to be a product of a bygone era when everyone wore flowers in their hair and read stories about the poor little bunnykins and man's eternal onslaught on their poor little furry beings The guy needs to grow up and realise there is a real world out there: From his own site "I became active in animal welfare in 1971. As a young hunt saboteur in the early 1970s I joined others to struggle to protect otters from otter hunters. I recall all too well the ferocious battles in the field and in Parliament to secure legal protection for otters from hunting. " Ferocious battles?? Sounds to me like he enjoyed these - anarchist? Pushkin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferret Master Posted October 24, 2007 Report Share Posted October 24, 2007 I was under the impression most otter hunters gave up their sport voluntarily? FM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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