Quote Originally Posted by TonyL View Post
I guess that many people will share my views and emotions.....My livelihood does not depend on shooting airguns. However, I simply could not imagine life without them. I have been "into" them since about the age of twelve. This hobby / pastime / sport of ours has given me so much over the years. It has completely shaped and influenced my life. I have met so many lovely, genuine, helpful, friendly and knowledgeable people through my love of airguns. Many have become friends. And many of them the very, very, bestest friends one could wish to have. I, for one, won't be turning away lightly.
Tony, I totally agree, and I have been shooting from about the same age too, first rifle was HW35E. It taught me a lot.
This " hobby / pastime / sport of ours", is exactly that. Shooting is not your life, just enhances it. We make friends in all ventures in life, some are forever and become family and some are hear one minute and gone the next.
Ultimately, decisions will be made that effect our sport, and if they are catastrophic, then we need to deal with that.
I dont believe shooting will disappear entirely, but the dynamic we are used to will change, as politics and the yearn for the greener good wins brownie points, if absolutely nothing else.
Genuine friends will remain, memories cannot be taken away, but life will go on.