CS: Pol-Widdecombes self defence waffling

2001-01-02 Thread David M
From: "David M", [EMAIL PROTECTED] Re: Widdicombes waffling on self defence I received the following this morning as part of a club newsletter. I have removed the club news bits for brevity. Regards, David. > Southwest Gun Club, Inc. > PO Box 1061 > McComb, MS 39648 > 601-684-3020 > NRA Club #

CS: Target-Madonna At The Trap Range!

2001-01-02 Thread Peter
From: Peter H Jackson, [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Did anyone see the story that this page refers to? >George > > http://nrawinningteam.com/0012/madonna.html >-- >I thought she was shooting pheasants? According to Euan Ferguson's half-witted Observer article, Mr & Mrs Richie were shooting "furry littl

CS: Pol-Widdecombe on self-defence

2001-01-02 Thread Richard Loweth
From: "Richard Loweth", [EMAIL PROTECTED] Perhaps we need to now write to Miss Widdecombe asking if, in support of her proposals, she will allow, in the home (as in France) non-lethal weapons of self defence such as CS Gas and Electric Stun Guns to be possessed? Even, perhaps, on some form of C

CS: Target-weak rifle loads

2001-01-02 Thread John blot
From: "John blot", [EMAIL PROTECTED] [snip] My use of wadding goes back a long way and was centered around preventing the detonation of small charges of very fast burning powders. [snip] >That is very interesting, John, but my understanding of the internal >ballistics is that it is the slow po

CS: Pol-Gun Rights Convention UK

2001-01-02 Thread Neil
From: Neil Francis, [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Which is why I said don't invite the press. I disagree - this is the wrong tactic for a convention. Ultimately a convention is about PR - you are promoting your subject to both your peers and anyone else who is interested. If UK shooters want to be seen

CS: Target-New Air gunners Equipment

2001-01-02 Thread Tom Charnock
From: "Tom Charnock", [EMAIL PROTECTED] As there are keen air gunners on this list, perhaps they would like to look up what the latest airgun technology in the USA is offering !! Try the link http://www.thegateway.net/gyroman/default.htm This guy has built (legal in US) air operated mini-guns

CS: Pol-Sport minister criticises handgun ban

2001-01-02 Thread Richard Loweth
From: "Richard Loweth", [EMAIL PROTECTED] One does not like to be political, after all the Tories are our the true friends of shooting as we all know...but one still has yet to hear ANY Tory Shadow Minister even utter an apology for the 1997 Act. I shall "save" Kate Hooey's remarks in my mind f

CS: Pol-Interesting Article: Analogies About Guns and Gun Control

2001-01-02 Thread Alex Hamilton
From: "Alex Hamilton", [EMAIL PROTECTED] >1. The media tells us that people just can't be trusted with deadly >instruments. But you possess one every day when you drive your car. Yet you >refrain from running over pedestrians at crosswalks. Quite right, but let us not waste any more time on th

CS: Pol-Widdecombe on self-defence

2001-01-02 Thread KiPng
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] HOUSEHOLDERS WHO INJURE INTRUDERS `PRESUMED INNOCENT' 011525 JAN 10 By Andrew Woodcock, Political Correspondent, PA News Shadow home secretary Ann Widdecombe today detailed the Tories' proposals for changes to protect householders who injure intruders who break

CS: Pol-Charles Clark HAC report comments

2001-01-02 Thread E.J. Totty
From: "E.J. Totty", [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Just recieved the following reply from Charles Clark MP regarding the HAC >report. Anyone with any doubts that ACPO are behind proposals for >restrictions need only read on. --snip-- Steve, & Neil, Somebody, or some group, needs t

CS: Target-Madonna At The Trap Range!

2001-01-02 Thread George
From: "George", [EMAIL PROTECTED] Did anyone see the story that this page refers to? George http://nrawinningteam.com/0012/madonna.html -- I thought she was shooting pheasants? Steve. Cybershooters website: http://www.cybershooters.org List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _

CS: Target-.22lr tracer

2001-01-02 Thread David
From: David Chappell - UK, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Eley make .22 RF tracer as well David Cybershooters website: http://www.cybershooters.org List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ T O P I C A http://www.topica.com/t/17 Newsletters, Tips and Dis

CS: Pol-A Canadian New Years Sentiment

2001-01-02 Thread Jeff Wood
From: "Jeff Wood", [EMAIL PROTECTED] "In Great Britain, you can't have a handgun, period. If Great Britain enters any shooters in the next Olympics, they'll have to come from the armed forces or the police, I should think." Do I remember right that those Soviet shooters who used to win the Ol

CS: Misc-Self-defence convention

2001-01-02 Thread Norman
From: Norman Bassett, [EMAIL PROTECTED] The meetings rooms over pubs are always cheap and sometimes free if your visitors buy drinks. Once you can fill a small venue, you can try for a larger one and gather expertise. Regards Norman Bassett drakenfels.org Cybershooters website: http://www.c

CS: Target-weak rifle loads

2001-01-02 Thread Alex Hamilton
From: "Alex Hamilton", [EMAIL PROTECTED] [snip] My use of wadding goes back a long way and was centered around preventing the detonation of small charges of very fast burning powders. [snip] That is very interesting, John, but my understanding of the internal ballistics is that it is the slow

CS: Misc-Welcome to HotBarrels

2001-01-02 Thread Richard Loweth
From: "Richard Loweth", [EMAIL PROTECTED] I saw this page recommended in one of the Sunday or Saturday colour magazines. It has a "wicked" pheasant shooting game to download. I could not kill more than half a dozen, yet some of the "top scores" seem huge. Perhaps we could have a monthly Cybersh

CS: Misc-berets

2001-01-02 Thread Richard Loweth
From: "Richard Loweth", [EMAIL PROTECTED] I disagree with Cooper about the beret. It was warm, easily folded and put in a pocket or under an epaulette when not needed, you could sit on it to keep your bottom dry and it would not lose its shape when the ground was wet, and you could wear headpho

CS: Misc-5000 Christmas cards for Tony Martin

2001-01-02 Thread RustyBullethole
From: RustyBullethole, [EMAIL PROTECTED] People 31.12.00 5000 READERS SEND JAILED TONY MARTIN XMAS CARDS He's moved to tears by support EXCLUSIVE by TOM HENDRY JAILED shotgun farmer Tony Martin was reduced to tears as he received FIVE THOUSAND Christmas cards from caring Sunday People read

CS: Misc-Useful Quote

2001-01-02 Thread John Hurst.
From: "John Hurst.", [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Hey, I realise it is all semantics, but I can make a pretty good argument that all rights, especially human rights, ARE _property_ rights. My rights start with the absolute and unequivocal ownership of my own body. I am my own property, I belong to no one

CS: Pol-The Accidental Criminals

2001-01-02 Thread matthew.wright7
From: "matthew.wright7", [EMAIL PROTECTED] Lorne Gunter wrote: "But guns are symbols of power. They are also, for a lot of liberals, symbols of masculinity. Many see them as a challenge to the authority of the state, as symbols of war, as impediments to their visions of world peace." This is a

CS: Pol-Sport minister criticises handgun ban

2001-01-02 Thread David M
From: "David M", [EMAIL PROTECTED] ET ISSUE 2048 Tuesday 2 January 2001 Hoey criticises ban on handguns By David Sapsted THE post-Dunblane ban on handgun possession has done nothing to stop criminals getting their hands on firearms, according to Kate Hoey, the sports minister. Kate Hoey: