Originally Posted by
andrewM
The people who collect this type of rifle - ie replicas of weapons that are designed to kill humans - is that they have a completely different mind-set to those like us. We keep alive a heritage which embraces engineering skills, target shooting, vermin control, field target competition and such like whereas these people are into paramilitary activities, which is not our thing.
Alas, one cannot legislate against this sort of thing but it does have a knock-on effect on those like us, by way of reflection. I sympathise entirely with your viewpoint.
Why then do most of the public turn out to cheer the troops on marching through our streets, and meet at the cenotaph. The UK has always been a military nation and we invaded half the world to build the British Empire.
Baz
BE AN INDEPENDENT THINKER, DON'T FOLLOW THE CROWD
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