Royal Mail accused of hypocrisy over shooting sports

[TrueBlueTerrier]

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ostal service commemorates Team GB shooter’s victory, but then announces proposed ban on mailing firearms.

Royal Mail, which last week launched a Gold Medal Winner stamp (right) to celebrate Peter Wilson’s Olympic victory, is facing accusations of hypocrisy after it emerged that it is considering a ban on the mailing of firearms.

Shooting Times has seen Royal Mail internal documents which propose banning from its network firearms, air rifles and pistols; component parts such as triggers, actions, barrels and magazines; and ammunition.

Royal Mail says that it wants to “add clarity” on procedures regarding airguns and firearms, but it is understood that the plans could mean a complete ban on the import and export of sporting guns by post from as early as next month.

Currently, sporting firearms and most ammunition are regarded by Royal Mail as “restricted goods”, which means they can be sent so long as they are accompanied by the appropriate documentation required by law, and provided that importation is not prohibited by the destination country.

Tim Bonner from the Countryside Alliance, which has long campaigned to save rural post offices, said: “It’s great that Royal Mail is marking Peter Wilson’s achievement with a stamp, but if they really want to promote the sport, then they should reconsider these proposals.”

“It would be more valuable to shooters if they recognised that sporting firearms and ammunition are not things that it should be running away from.”

Stamps featuring Peter were on sale less than 24 hours after his stunning victory in last week’s Double-Trap final.

Many post offices opened on Sunday for the first time to allow people to buy the stamp, and Royal Mail said that it would paint a postbox gold in Peter’s hometown in honour of his win.

A Royal Mail spokesman said: “The integrity of the mail, along with safety considerations, is a key factor for Royal Mail. No decision has been taken over a consultation on firearms being delivered through the post.”

[Lounge Lizard]

As Tim Bonner is from the Countryside Alliance he would probably like the Olympics to revert to shooting live pigeons like they did up till about a hundred years ago.
"The Countryside Alliance has long campaigned to save rural post offices" . Whether or not their members use them and make use of other local facilities is another matter.

[DGP1]

his name is Boner

[capitalbiker]

As Tim Bonner is from the Countryside Alliance he would probably like the Olympics to revert to shooting live pigeons like they did up till about a hundred years ago.
"The Countryside Alliance has long campaigned to save rural post offices" . Whether or not their members use them and make use of other local facilities is another matter.

Shooting clay targets offers much greater variety of target that live pigeons ever would have, sadly a practice still followed by so called gentleman shooters in the US
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and yes the Countryside Alliance do support all sorts of rural businesses

[POSTMAN]

Stooooopid story.

[Lounge Lizard]

As Tim Bonner is from the Countryside Alliance he would probably like the Olympics to revert to shooting live pigeons like they did up till about a hundred years ago.
"The Countryside Alliance has long campaigned to save rural post offices" . Whether or not their members use them and make use of other local facilities is another matter.

Shooting clay targets offers much greater variety of target that live pigeons ever would have, sadly a practice still followed by so called gentleman shooters in the US
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dKZWfpjqeKA" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

and yes the Countryside Alliance do support all sorts of rural businesses

Support as in say they should stay open or support as in spending money at them ?

[TeeferTiger]

As Tim Bonner is from the Countryside Alliance he would probably like the Olympics to revert to shooting live pigeons like they did up till about a hundred years ago.
"The Countryside Alliance has long campaigned to save rural post offices" . Whether or not their members use them and make use of other local facilities is another matter.

Shooting clay targets offers much greater variety of target that live pigeons ever would have, sadly a practice still followed by so called gentleman shooters in the US
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dKZWfpjqeKA" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

and yes the Countryside Alliance do support all sorts of rural businesses

Support as in say they should stay open or support as in spending money at them ?

They're more interested in racing around other people's land causing disruption so they can chase a wild animal to it's death with a pack of dogs and then daub blood on their faces... Anything that p*sses them off is a good move in my book.