ash243
Well-Known Member
http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23980400-children-banned-from-shooting-events-in-2012-ticket-giveaway.do way to go Boris lets keep mystery about guns under wraps so we cant support our Olympic team
ok can we come up with a standard letter then pople could just puy there name on it and e mail him?
Ban them from the archery as well, while you are at it!
I don't want to start another controversial thread on archery, but what you are saying is logical, however the powers that be have deemed that a bow is a piece of sporting equipment and not a weapon, where as a gun is a nasty thing
built with one purpose in mind and that is to kill,and the people who use them are social misfits.
However in truth the bow in the right hands or rather I should say in the wrong hands is every bit as much a weapon.
Received this reply to my email
Dear Gazza
Thank you for your recent email regarding the Evening Standard's report that London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic shooting events would be excluded from the Get Set Ticketshare scheme.
The Mayor completely understands your concerns and is happy for me to clarify that they are based on inaccurate reporting of his position. The Mayor does not support a ban on tickets for shooting or any other Olympic or Paralympic sports and feels that if a school pupil can watch a sport on television they should also be able to do it in our fantastic Olympic venues.
With more than 100,000 tickets available for the shooting events, which sold out very quickly, the Mayor has no doubt that the London 2012 Games will raise the profiles of these demanding and tense sports in the UK and beyond.
Thank you again for getting in touch with the Mayor of London on this matter.
Yours sincerely
Ingrid Shiel
Public Liaison Officer
External Affairs
Ban them from the archery as well, while you are at it!