I sort of agree but I don't think that it is not just this country that is changing the world is now we have the internet
You mention France but don't they have a airgun hunting ban, I was driving through a village the other day after taking my dog for a walk when I saw a man talking to a woman outside a village post office waving a uncovered shotgun about and no one batted a eyelid so there are still parts of the UK that are slow to change.
The mods did the right thing