Quote Originally Posted by edbear2 View Post
Mostly retired local authority / Education / Public service types, car park full of near new cars, always seem to be just back from some holiday somewhere nice, so yes a certain demographic. I think I am the only one in the whole group who has had manual employment from what I heard / could glean prior to that night.

A couple are ex Uni then did all the festivals / went to India etc. Hippy types in the past who do /did alternative stuff as an income.

I don't think the Oylimpic argument would hold up, there was muttering about "War Toys" and the like too on the night, and even total dismissal when I mentioned farmers and the like needing guns etc.

As for echo chambers, well that's what we are here, it is honestly quite an eye opener to see opinions of other folk.

Maybe members on here should mention the subject somehow in a work / social setting of non shooters and report back to see if my experence was unusual or more normal than we may realise.

ATB, Ed
A couple of the young women (20s, university educated) at work expressed an interest in trying target shooting when I mentioned it, and a ex-colleague (30s) in the university expressed an interest in trying clay pigeon shooting, and he is a musician. However a lot of school teachers I know just say 'ban them' but then they would ban everything and have people sitting at home at their desks all day if they had their way.

A global ban on the military having weapons is what the people you describe actually seem to want, rather than a ban on sporting arms. But I don't think that is 'feasible'!