CS: Target-prize money

2000-07-10 Thread Matthew Wright
From: "Matthew Wright", [EMAIL PROTECTED] I think this topic raises a number of important points and I'm glad it was raised. I tend to agree with Jonathon, I've often thought that most shooting and fieldsports are relatively cheap compared to many other pursuits. All manner

CS: Pol-guns v. knives

2000-07-24 Thread Matthew Wright
From: "Matthew Wright", [EMAIL PROTECTED] Paul wrote: >Saying that they could have occurred with cans of petrol, or >clubs, or, well, whatever? Is this what is described as debate? >It sounds more like carrying on arguments that were lost a >long time ago, way beyond th

CS: Pol-Who to Vote For??

2000-07-24 Thread Matthew Wright
From: "Matthew Wright", [EMAIL PROTECTED] I agree with Steve that voting for UKIP is not the best option (although I don't share any love of the EU). I think it will only split the opposition vote and risk letting Labour in again with a big majority. This whole voting thi

CS: Pol-Liberals

2000-09-12 Thread Matthew Wright
From: "Matthew Wright", [EMAIL PROTECTED] The Liberals are doomed IMO, they have too closely associated themselves with Labour so I suspect most voters are thinking why not just vote for the real thing or the real alternative? I reckon they will lose at least 50% of their seats a

CS: Target-BBC TV Coverage of Shooting Sports at the Olympics

2000-09-18 Thread Matthew Wright
From: "Matthew Wright", [EMAIL PROTECTED] There was a time when snooker was thought boring then it exploded onto the TV etc. It seems to me that clay pigeon has the potential to be developed in the same way. Another aspect of our sport that has great possibilities is gun dog trials,

CS: Legal-who's educating who?

2000-10-19 Thread Matthew Wright
From: "Matthew Wright", [EMAIL PROTECTED] Don't forget a pistol is required with the flesh wagon and .32 does seem to be the preferred calibre. Depending on how things were presented I think the idea of an "injured" fox might be misleading, if it was caught by hou

CS: Legal-teletext

2000-10-19 Thread Matthew Wright
From: "Matthew Wright", [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

CS: Field-how to deal with roadkill

2000-10-30 Thread Matthew Wright
From: "Matthew Wright", [EMAIL PROTECTED] We are seeing more and more of this in the countryside. Its not unusual to see people stop competely on a main road or swerve to the other side of the road because of a squirrel or other small pest. Its no exaggeration to say that someone i

CS: Misc-Attack on the Queen mother

2000-07-27 Thread Matthew Wright
From: "Matthew Wright", [EMAIL PROTECTED] I have to agree, there is a growing tendency to parrot certain fashionable ideas extolled by the so called liberal-left and epitomised most often by the Guardian newspapers stance. These ideas coalesce around a certain agenda which is broadl

CS: Pol-Friends & Enemies

2000-09-22 Thread Matthew Wright
From: "Matthew Wright", [EMAIL PROTECTED] More to the point people like Anne Pearston and Gill Marshall Andrews are the problem not the solution. Their attitude is preventing rational debate that could have enabled sensible and working amendments to firearms law via dialogue not con

CS: Pol-Govt. proposals

2000-10-08 Thread Matthew Wright
From: "Matthew Wright", [EMAIL PROTECTED] Well as I've said before the Govt will adjust its tone slightly as it suits them and the mood they think they face, but the trend is relentless and aimed at turning the screw step by step on shooting. This time they have started to m

CS: Field-threat to shoots

2000-10-21 Thread Matthew Wright
From: "Matthew Wright", [EMAIL PROTECTED] Its interesting that you mention the anti attitude of Lib Dem councillors as I'm hearing the same thing from more and more people. The two or three prominent pro-fieldsports MP's in the Lib Dems tend to mask an anti culture in thei

CS: Pol-Hunting ban

2001-01-21 Thread Matthew Wright
From: "Matthew Wright", [EMAIL PROTECTED] One of the penalties in the proposal in addition to a L5000 fine is a ban for life on owning a dog! Matthew Cybershooters website: http://www.cybershooters.org List admin: [EMAIL

CS: Pol-Hunting ban

2001-01-22 Thread Matthew Wright
From: "Matthew Wright", [EMAIL PROTECTED] Steve wrote: >The argument I always use against banning fox hunting >is that foxes will become extinct in various areas as there will >be no reason to put up with them any longer. This is a fair point Steve and behind that poi