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View and listen to Mike Yardley of the
Shooting Sports Trust speaking on the merits of
sporting shooting on You tube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=scN8iiP8sKM
From The Director.
I draw the attention of members to just how well National Shooting Association is respected in media circles. Shortly after the dreadful happenings in Cumbria your Chairman and Media Spokesman, Joe Kelly, was contacted and invited to comment on the law regarding firearms and shot guns. Joe was contacted first by the BBC Regional broadcasters including Radio Northampton, Three Counties Radio and BBC Radio Scotland.
In addition our Chairman was asked to write a piece for the Scottish Herald. This was published in full the next day. You can read Joe’s piece in our News Items.
All of this indicates how much progress your Association has made and the influence it has in the media.
We remain a campaigning Association and will not knuckle down to injustice.
Frank Gear F.R.A.S. BSc.Chem. Eng.
Cumbria shooting tragedy offers no lessons for the future - see Telegraph article.
For a short article written by the Chairman, Joe Kelly, in The Scottish Herald see:
http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/politics/calm-is-urged-by-politicians-after-killings-1.1032659
Are you satisfied with the way your sport shooting facilities are provided? Take the Sport England shooting survey on:
http://surveys.ipsosinteractive.com/wix/p385459665.aspx?engage=1&sport=33
Joe Kelly is pleased to announce his recovery from recent orthopaedic surgery occasioned by an assault that took place at the Sportsmans A.G.M. in May of 2008. He attended the Kelmarsh Game Fair on Sunday and Monday of the Easter weekend to meet and chat with existing and prospective members.
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One of the strongest themes, promulgated endlessly, both by those who are frightened by guns and those who believe that only agents of the state should be armed, is that the more guns there are in the hands of private citizens, the more gun crime there will be. The fact that the actual results of relaxing gun laws so that private citizens can obtain and use guns for self-defence is always socially beneficial, does not seem to affect the arguments of those who, for whatever reason, oppose that policy.
In 2008, the Mayor of Washington DC and his lawyers argued to the Supreme Court of the USA, as forcefully and emotionally as they could, that relaxing their 35 year-old ban on handguns would usher in a new wave of murder and mayhem. Fortunately the Supreme Court ruled against the ban - and, in 2009 the citizens of Washington DC enjoyed a stunning 25% drop in their murder rate. It is now lower than it has been for 40 years.
This excellent result is NOT because numerous citizens of Washington DC have successfully defended themselves with guns against criminal attack. The city authorities have obeyed the Supreme Court slowly and reluctantly, by making the process of obtaining authorisation both complex and unpleasant. So the number of citizens lawfully owning guns for self-defence is still extremely low. But ... the publicity given to the Supreme Court decision was immense. It seems reasonable to suggest that a substantial proportion of this very large reduction in murder in 2009 has arisen because of a widespread perception that prospective victims might be armed.
For more in depth info, read: Iraq -v- Washington
Regards
Derek Bernard
"The Columbine Cause" by Evan Long.
Were we told the full truth of the infamous and tragic events that took place at Columbine High School on the 20th April 1999? Or was there another hidden story? The two gunmen were named as Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold, but were they the only assailants, or were there others who have thus far gone unnamed and who have thus far escaped Justice?
View "The Columbine Cause" by Evan Long on: http://www.xmail.net/evanlong/tcc/
Gun Facts - Your Guide to Debunking Gun Control Myths
INTRODUCTION: Gun Facts is a free e-book that debunks common myths about firearms crime and gun control. It is intended as a reference guide for journalists, activists, politicians, and other people interested in restoring honesty to the firearms debate.
Gun Facts has 98 pages of information. Each chapter lists common gun control myths, then lists a number of documented and cited facts (with nearly 500 detailed footnotes). Thus when a neighbour, editor or politician repeats some sound bite about firearms control policy, you can quickly find that myth then enlighten them with real information.
http://www.gunfacts.info/index.html
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On the weekend of the 8th/9th August, the Broomhill Boys played host to Mr Joe Ekins, (front row - second from left, seated). Joe, now 86, was a 21 year old tank gunner on a Sherman Firefly tank in Normandy in August 1944. To read the story of his fateful assignation 65 years ago with the Tigers of the 12th SS Panzer Division, click on the picture above.
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New South African Firearms Act branded unconstitutional by South African Hunters and Game Conservation Association (SAHGCA) click for link
Should the United States sign up to the U.N. Arms Trade Treaty with all its domestic and international implications? As told below in "The Great Gun Debate" the Rev. Jeremiah Wright thinks yes, but does Obama have enough political capital left to carry it through in the face of undoubtedly very stiff opposition on the domestic American front which sees any attack on firearms ownership as a cultural war move? Perhaps not. click here for link to news item.
Also, read the response of the American NRA to the proposed Organisation of American States Treaty on Firearms Trafficking, known by it's Spanish acronym "CIFTA". Click here for link.
Officer arrested in connection with missing firearms enquiry - 2nd April 2009
Press release from British Shooting concerning 2012 Olympics.
Members of the N.R.A. of the U.K. have received the following communication from British Shooting concerning the venue for the shooting events of the 2012 London Olympics. Readers may find the conclusions listed on page three of particular interest. This is a revised statement from British Shooting shortly after which the author, the Chairman, resigned - as did the Secretary. This statement makes it "crystal clear" that British Shooting supports Bisley as the favoured venue for 2012 shooting. N.B. the CPSA has now announced that it is withdrawing from the process of amalgamation of the main shooting organisations that was to be know as NATSS - the National Association of Target Shooting Sports.
This Association supports The National Shooting Centre at Bisley in its bid to host the Olympic shooting events of 2012 as this is the home of British shooting and thus the natural and logical choice for all 2012 shooting events. Legacy, in line with the Olympic Charter, should be at the heart of any Olympic provision. However, Government plans to grant section 5 dispensation to a small elite team are completely incompatible with Fundamental Principles of Olympism and are thus in breach of the Olympic Charter, and are therefore thoroughly unacceptable to all who value fair play and equality.
The Great Gun Debate
On Wednesday 1st April representatives from National Shooting Association attended “The Great Gun Debate”. This was a televised debate and was filmed at Kings College Library, Chancery Lane, London. Kings College Library has an illustrious past because, before becoming a university library, the building was the home of The Public Records Office (now moved to Kew) and once housed famous landmark documents such as The Magna Carta, the ultimate document guaranteeing freedom from oppression and tyranny. In the basement, now functioning as offices and study rooms, one can still see the vaults which once housed Magna Carta and other famous documents.
The subject of The Great Gun Debate was the U.N. Arms Trade Treaty, and whether or not the United States should sign up to it, having previously rejected it in 2006. The security precautions were very tight with at least one member of the audience objecting to being body searched by hired security guards. This led to much conjecture as to who the mystery speaker would be. All we knew was that it was someone “close to Obama”.
Representing the N.R.A. of America, and in opposition to the Treaty, was Wayne LaPierre. The mystery speaker in favour of the Treaty and representing the IANSA position turned out to be The Reverend Jeremiah Wright, formerly Barack Obama’s church Pastor, from whom Senator Obama, as he then was, had to distance himself during the Presidential election campaign when his erstwhile Pastor became something of a liability.
There was short opening address by each speaker commencing with Wayne LaPierre. He asserted that civil rights and human rights were one and the same and spoke of the hypocrisy of certain elite political leaders, and of the “abundant blessing of freedom”.
The Rev. Wright talked of the “actual document” saying that it did not in any way infringe on any individual right to self defence. This was refuted by Wayne LaPierre who pointed out that the U.N. has consistently refused to acknowledge the whole idea of private firearms ownership and that the U.N. is “a club of Governments”. He pointed to the recent history of U.N. involvement in Rwanda, Bosnia, and Sudan, all examples of government sponsored terrorism. Citing the recent New Orleans hurricane disaster, Wayne revealed that there were approximately 2.5 million instances per year in which ordinary U.S. citizens use a firearm in defensive circumstances as the blue helmets of the U.N. are never around to protect them. He also reminded the audience that crime in the U.S. is at a 27 year low.
For an insight into the historical results of civilian disarmament in the 20th and 21st Centuries view "Innocents Betrayed" on:
www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=EC892404E1F72F8B
The Rev. Wright is in favour of full firearms registration and ballistic fingerprinting saying that this would not in any way impact on Second Amendment rights, but then he would say that wouldn’t he!
(Britain now has it's own National Ballistics Intelligence Service. It goes by the acronym 'Nabis'. The NABIS database was launched across England and Wales on the 28th April 2008. It delivers for the first time, a national database of all recovered firearms and ballistic material coming into police possession.)
We hope to be able to bring you a more comprehensive account of The Great Gun Debate, and perhaps even a link at some future date. In the meantime view some footage of a simliar debate a few years ago, on the same topic, between Rebecca Peters of IANSA and Wayne LaPierre of the N.R.A. of America: Part one Part two Part three Part four
Viewers of this site might like to pay particular attention to the response given by Rebecca Peters to a question from the floor concerning the banning of target shooting with handguns in the U.K. This will be found in Part four of "The Great Gun Debate".
The Gun Control Network and the international agenda of IANSA
Who are the groups and individuals working to take your guns away from you and thus rob you of your freedom to possess and use firearms and your cultural identity?
The principal group in the U.K. is The Gun Control Network (all five members of it!). This is just one of the many international groups acting in concert with IANSA, that is the International Action Network on Small Arms. This is a UN. group and is headed by Rebecca Peters. Their aim is nothing less than total civilian disarmament on a global scale. Anyone who thinks otherwise is deluding themselves! The United Nations Development Programme has even produced a written guide for the benefit of governments all over the world who wish to control, regulate, and end the civilian ownership of firearms. U.K. firearms owners might like to have a look at Chapter 3 of this guide. They will recognise much that is now the everyday norm for certificate holders in Britain. They will also see how it is proposed to craftily export these restrictions to the rest of the World through this and other initiatives such as the "Project Ploughshares" program funded by, amongst others, the Government of the U.K. The Gun Control Network is headed up by Gill Marshall Andrews, wife of the Labour MP Bob Marshall Andrews.
At the forefront of the international fight against the gun grabbers and anti-freedom campaigners is Wayne La Pierre , Executive Vice President and Chief Executive Officer of the N.R.A. of America. He is author of the book "Guns, Crime, and Freedom", which reveals why responsible Americans have the right to "keep and bear arms". Addressing every point of contention concerning the original intent of the 2nd Amendment, Wayne La Pierre illuminates the modern implications of the U.S. second Amendment and debunks the myth that gun ownership contributes to America's crime rate.
Gun Crime 60 per cent higher than official figures! Daily Telegraph article, October 2008.
Murder rate increasing amid epidemic of knife and gun crime!
Daily Telegraph article, 11th July 2008
The United States Supreme Court......
...............rules in favour of the Second Amendment to the Constitution of the United States!
In an historic landmark ruling, D.C. -v- Heller, the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that the Second Amendment, which gives the Right to Keep and bear arms, is NOT dependent on being a member of an organised militia such as the National Guard. Rather, it is an individual right held by the ordinary law abiding upright citizen. This is the view that the NRA of America, and many others, have been advocating for years. Read the ruling and associated commentaries and articles on www.nraila.org/heller/
Alternatively,
Click D.C. -v- Heller to download and print off your own copy of this historic ruling. The ruling runs into 150 plus pages but the ruling proper extends from page 1 to 64. Pages 64 onwards give the dissenting judgment.
Also, view and listen to the interview with Dick Heller filmed at the Shot Show 2009 on:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4UTXwguAp8
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Frank Brophy,
tireless shooting campaigner being
honoured for his achievement in getting
pistol shooting re-established in
Ireland. Read his article
"The Truth and Nothing
but the Truth".
Once again the Irish show us how it's
done! Also by Frank -
"Tilting at Windmills" an
account of his long struggle through the
courts to reinstate pistol shooting and
ownership in Ireland. To read the outcome of Frank's struggle to get a licence for his .375 rifle, and an account of his Safari trip to South Africa, read "Hunting in the Karoo". Also read The Nearly Lion, Frank's account of what may be the only Lion hunt ever to take place in Ireland - yes Ireland! |
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Chairman of National Shooting Association, Joe Kelly, (front row - red tie) seen here in the company of a number of Irish MP's on a visit to the Irish Parliament.
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