From: "niel fagan", [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>I think we need to watch this development very carefully as it is an angle
>that has been mooted before as a possible requirement on shooters ie that
>anyone going shooting should inform the police when and where they are
>going. For some it is part of a process of suggestions aimed at making
>shooting unviable. It may also be interesting to know who is making
>complaints and whether complaints are coming from people who are opposed to
>live quarry shooting.
Well my dear old (and now dead) dad, had precisely
this happen to him whilst shooting rabbits on a
football clubs grounds. THREE arv's and boxer1 (boxer
2, as in too late, too expensive etc) the air support
unit were sent to "check him out". One officer in full
ballistic kit and with a pistol in his hand walked up
shouting to drop the weapon, he didn't, but merely
opened the action and put it carefully on the ground
(you don't throw good shotguns around), whilst dad
was covered by two others in the stands with mp5's and
one lying on the ground semi hidden behind the arv
with a "sniper" rifle. The one approaching told him to
lie on the ground, and got told where to get off,
which flummoxed him a bit from what dad told me.
After all the documents were checked, serial number
of the gun recorded etc, the officer demanded several
samples from the cartridge belt "just to check that
they were legal"....He was then told next time to
phone both the local station and HQ to let them know
where he was going to be shooting, just so he wasn't
bothered.
So he did, and every time an arv was seen stopped
observing him for at least 10 minutes.
The other problem I know of involves some wildfowlers
who inform the local station and HQ by post before the
season starts of the the active shooters list, who
their duty wardens (who work with the RSPB wardens,
and every shooter has to do his share) are for each
date in the season. The members phone the divisional
control room when they go out, and atleast once a week
someone gets rousted and marched off the marsh, just
to check their details, because someone has reported
them shooting the bird's (one local Labour MP
is a regular caller, so my sources tell me).
Niel. p.s. Chichester harbour is now in serious
decline following the harassment of the shooting
members (and voluntary wardens) to the point they
disbanded, the complainers now whinging that the bird
life in the area is in a rapid decline....The RSPB
know the BASC people are the best at doing the
work, but they are not the ones causing the problem....
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