Here we go again

One has to respect the government position around no knee jerk reactions to change gun laws. But one doubts that this sensible position will result in consistent behaviours. Dunblane was a tragedy. As a result our olympic sports team are unable to practice in this country. We are not talking casual ownership of Semiautomatic miltiary pistols. We are talking sporting pistols. Banned. Successfully prevented legal and genuine owners from owning guns. Not stopped the illegal gun ownership one bit.

So now we have a fruit cake go mad with a legit shotgun. We can debate the ins and out of why he was allowed one and largely that is of little interest to me. You will never be able to assess/predict future mental health and instability. On on that basis ALL guns should be banned as ANYONE can go nuts.

But that's not my concern either. What the outcome will be is that the laws on guns are tight enough and they will argue that shotguns in the hands of registered users do not pose a threat to society. So why treat shotguns differently to hand guns. There is ZERO difference. Both could be used for large scale massacre. So why draw the line here.

Let's see if either shotguns are banned (wrong answer) or if they apply the same sense to handguns and lighten the legislation so that our real legal sports shooters can once again practice their sport.

Whatever you do. Be consistent.