Guns

We breed racehorses and knew Alec Scott who was killed with a shotgun.

We also own a large stud and don’t allow any guns on the place, except for the licensed hunter who culls the deer injured in road and other accidents.

As someone who hunted with hounds for many years, it always strikes me that the Government had its priorities wrong, when it banned hunting, which never killed anybody. Perhaps we rate animals higher than people. Banning guns and replicas completely except for sport in a closed and secure environment would be something that I would welcome.

As an afterthought, the Police blame incompatible databases for not being able to create a National Gun Register. As a programmer, who analyses databases for a living, this is complete rubbish. It’s just that the Police and other government agencies never employ the right people to sort out this type of problem. They expect idiots and their preferred consultants who never deliver to do it, when they need to use entrepreneurial programmers, who might charge a lot, but get the job done.