As an ex-squaddie who enjoyed weapon training and an occasional day on the ranges, I looked at target shooting over this side of the big pond as a supurbly disciplined sport. Until, that is, I moved to Derbyshire, adjascent to the now defunct Derbyshire Shooting Centre. Listening to some dickhead blasting off 8 to 10 rounds in less than 5 seconds with something over 9mm caliber made me realise that, so far as civvy street is concerned, I was wrong. Neither did hearing what sounded suspiciously like an SMG on a couple of occasions. Here we have had Hungerford and Dunblane. Neither of which would have happened had the then law been enforced. The latter has led to a knee jerk reaction that has destroyed the enjoyment of a lot of law abiding people. However, there were enough potential psychos in the British shooting fraternity to make the current law the lesser of two evils. You, our American cousins, may be forced to catch up with us one day, despite the differences in circumstances. Bob.