<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by phuttmutter:
clear intent to kill.[/quote]

With an air rifle?? - more dangerous if he threw it at them...

Don't get me wrong - I think he should be heavily prosecuted but shooters themeselves are as guilty as everyone else for stirring up the hysteria surrounding these sorts of incidents - all be it for different reasons. Its rather selfish of us to insist upon particularly sever punishment just because he's endangered our passtime, rather than the actual danger his actions posed to the victims concerend. If he had thrown housebricks I doubt we would all be demanding life imprisonment and criticise the legal system for being too lenient, in fact if he'd have thrown housebricks at policemen as part of a 'political' statement I doubt the incident would even have been reported!

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