https://bulletin.accurateshooter.com/2011/03/2012-olympic-shooting-schedule-tickets-on-sale-march-15th/ from AccurateShooter.com Tue, 28 Jul 2026 21:29:34 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.1.26 https://bulletin.accurateshooter.com/2011/03/2012-olympic-shooting-schedule-tickets-on-sale-march-15th/comment-page-1/#comment-15406 Thu, 03 Mar 2011 22:45:57 +0000 http://bulletin.accurateshooter.com/?p=24177#comment-15406 John, that’s because the shooting sports are not politically correct, in the UK: the powers that be do not want to encourage the shrinking “British shooting community” by giving them better facilities. Progressively more onerous anti-firearms legislation makes shooting more and more difficult in the UK, and makes it harder to attract new young entrants to the sport. What price England’s chances in the handgun competitions, given that there are hardly any kind of handguns we are still allowed to own….

]]> https://bulletin.accurateshooter.com/2011/03/2012-olympic-shooting-schedule-tickets-on-sale-march-15th/comment-page-1/#comment-15402 Thu, 03 Mar 2011 17:28:50 +0000 http://bulletin.accurateshooter.com/?p=24177#comment-15402 It’s a shame the IOC have not seen fit to challenge the UK Government and London Olympics organisers about their intention to demolish all the shooting facilities straight after the games and leave no legacy for the British shooting community to benefit from after 2012.

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