NEC Shooting Show - Petition to ban it

[Scotty99]

I just want to gauge people's feelings about attending this years Shooting Show at the NEC, given the petition on change.org to ban it has now reached 114,000 signatures.

My original position following the NEC banning trophy hunting / safari exhibitors was to boycott the show so long as it was at the NEC.

This latest petition is similar to the one that got the same show banned from Liverpool.

The NEC petition wording is the usual misinformed garbage but it is an attack on Shooting.

My current thinking is to attend the show and signal support for our rural way of life.

What's do others think.

I've enclosed a link to the petition so you can see the nature of the attack.

Sign the Petition

NEC: CANCEL THE GREAT BRITISH SHOOTING SHOW

www.change.org

 

[CarlW]

I agree with you. I too intended not to go. However, I will go as a show of support, as you suggest.

Kind regards,

Carl

 

[James0586]

I am also attending for this reason.

 

[Mike L]

Ditto

 

[The Singing Stalker]

I'm going cos I want to.

 

[Motul1974]

I'm going. Make the show the biggest ever and the shooting community will be seen a financial important....money talks!

 

[fallow me]

Well I'm going to get some Trophy heads measured, I would guess they would really hate me !!

 

[dartmoordog]

Well I'm going to get some Trophy heads measured, I would guess they would really hate me !!

Couldn’t think of anything more pleasurable.

 

[jimmy milnes]

Well I'm not going unless they announce that they will not be holding it at the NEC next year, that's the only way I will show support. Otherwise I'll be spending my hard earned at the Northern at Harrogate

 

[Sampo]

The show will be selling lethal weapons used to kill innocent animals - time to take animals to court, call a fair trial, maybe a jury and wait for an execution date before they are killed by the firing squad, not to mention the animal rights activists and the protests.

Been reading some of the comments and I can't help but feel for some of these people who thinks meats and vegs comes from a super market, life is colourful if they close their eyes and think hunting is barbaric. Wish they could just live off grass and water like the rest of innocent ones they think they are protecting.

 

[Klenchblaize]

Will there be a vegan burger bar?

K

 

[James0586]

I have no issue with anyone being a veggie or vegan but I have an issue with people telling me what I can and can’t do when it’s not breaking the law!

If you want to eat plants that my food **** and **** on you carry on. It’s a sad state. There are more issues with trophy hunting than with poverty and homelessness and knife crime.... it’s very tragic really.

 

[Sampo]

Will there be a vegan burger bar

Burgers made for Vegans or of Vegans?

 

[Klenchblaize]

It's "tragic" indeed (the petition) as it demonstrates rather soberingly what we are up against.

K

 

[kes]

I like your approach and although the show isnt megavalue, I shall now be going in support, as you say, of countryside life. Interesting how they choose to try and ban anything they personally do not like - so much for traditional British tolerance and co-existence.

 

[Highfield]

Well I'm going to get some Trophy heads measured, I would guess they would really hate me !!

Not sure if you are joking but I wonder if the trophy scoring people will be there?

 

[AGR]

Must be enough of us going to have a dedicated SD stand!

 

[fallow me]

Not sure if you are joking but I wonder if the trophy scoring people will be there?

BASC measuring and CIC are normally at the show, CIC being on the NGA stand, I hope they are , otherwise i might have to re think, got a nice Muntie head i want measuring

 

[Dickie]

Must be enough of us going to have a dedicated SD stand!

I doubt it do you know what they charge per metre for a stand? Unless they were to donate it.

 

[Border]

It's "tragic" indeed (the petition) as it demonstrates rather soberingly what we are up against.

K

Quite.