Thread: Shooting: The sport all of us enjoy - do your part in preserving the ability to do so

Originally Posted by Frodo

. But flexibility, mindfulness, the willingness and ability to adapt;

I agree possessions can be taken away, in the video she explains historically how this has happened. However, it doesn't mean we have to conform to anti-freedom agendas. That is not adapting.

Originally Posted by Frodo

it would be unhealthy to assume that similar enjoyment cannot be obtained elsewhere in the event that life handed me a cruddy deck of cards or if a Hunger Games situation was forced upon the world...

Why should we have to substitute for something else? I certainly wouldn't want to. Aside from your "cruddy deck of cards" I'll use your Hunger Games situation whereas that would put us in a dystopian future ruled by a tyrannical govt and I would not want to be unarmed, would you?

Originally Posted by Frodo

In that sense, I see the gun debate as totally justified (and especially from a democratic standpoint) but some of the emotion fuelled drivel being spouted by the likes of the NRA is akin to a little kid being deprived of their toy and allowing themselves to be deeply and emotionally affected by it. "We're losing our freedom!! Our lives are at stake!!" A bit of perspective can go a long way...

I hear your angst on some of what the NRA spouts off but honestly, that is justified. Just look at what is happening here especially in the last 18 months with PNHQ and the main-stream media, nothing but lies & deceit. A total disgrace and very undemocratic.

Points taken

Yes, the NZ police and our government have a lot to answer for.

Shooting and hunting make up a large part of the fabric that is NZs past and present, and it's vital we continue to voice our concerns about unjust restrictions being imposed on us.