What need/want do you individually have as shooters/hunters that isn't currently serviced?

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12gsnapcaps

12gsnapcaps

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Good afternoon fellow shooters,

I'm just doing a little bit of 'market research'

As a journalist by trade and now in the media, I already offer a small 'firearms consulting' service to the press and media. It has brought me in a bit of beer money over the last year.

I'm wondering, in your personal experiences, what areas/services/products could be offered that currently aren't within our sport/industry?

It could be retail based, experience based, information based.

Just casting a wide net and seeing what thoughts you have.

Thanks all!

Snapcaps
 
Comprehensive sporting insurance. A national organisation who would truly support shooting. other field sports and take a very proactive role in defending shooting rights and shooters and are prepared to take on the police when they overstep their statutory powers and role. To robustly challenge new laws and in general actively represent their membership. Be proactive not reactive.
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More space. A much bigger country with far fewer people.
When the coronation has been concluded, it would be nice if we could tow London and the south east out into the north sea, give it a good shake to dislodge its human burden and then tow it north and tack it onto perhaps Aberdeen or Berwickshire. Vastly more useful space would be created, the housing and population crisis would be solved and we'd be further away from France.
 
Normalisation.
This is something I think we've got to work at.
The more furtive we are, the more the public will mistrust us. People associate guns with bad things, because that's all that hits the headlines. They don't realise that perhaps their doctor, their dentist, their kids' school teachers, the bloke who empties their bins, just normal everyday folk they know, like and trust, are also shooters. If they did, I think we'd have a lot less bother. So, the normalisation of firearms ownership and use is essential, imo, if there's to be any future for shooting sports in this country.

The shooting orgs could really do something here, but at present I think that they're part of the problem, fueling the "us and them" mentality.
 
Cyres said:
Comprehensive sporting insurance. A national organisation who would truly support shooting. other field sports and take a very proactive role in defending shooting rights and shooters and are prepared to take on the police when they overstep their statutory powers and role. To robustly challenge new laws and in general actively represent their membership. Be proactive not reactive.
D
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Finch said:
More space. A much bigger country with far fewer people.
When the coronation has been concluded, it would be nice if we could tow London and the south east out into the north sea, give it a good shake to dislodge its human burden and then tow it north and tack it onto perhaps Aberdeen or Berwickshire. Vastly more useful space would be created, the housing and population crisis would be solved and we'd be further away from France.
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Err, no keep it where it is or take it further away
 
Cyres said:
Comprehensive sporting insurance. A national organisation who would truly support shooting. other field sports and take a very proactive role in defending shooting rights and shooters and are prepared to take on the police when they overstep their statutory powers and role. To robustly challenge new laws and in general actively represent their membership. Be proactive not reactive.
D
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Here is a shocker ! You likely have it or can add it on your home insurance . I didnt know that till i did it for a trip to the USA . Shooting org insurance has always been a red herring
 
VSS said:
Normalisation.
This is something I think we've got to work at.
The more furtive we are, the more the public will mistrust us. People associate guns with bad things, because that's all that hits the headlines. They don't realise that perhaps their doctor, their dentist, their kids' school teachers, the bloke who empties their bins, just normal everyday folk they know, like and trust, are also shooters. If they did, I think we'd have a lot less bother. So, the normalisation of firearms ownership and use is essential, imo, if there's to be any future for shooting sports in this country.

The shooting orgs could really do something here, but at present I think that they're part of the problem, fueling the "us and them" mentality.
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I was thinking about this last night. I have some woodland that is very close to a small group of houses (nothing else within 2-3 miles). I am really reluctant to shoot on it, given that the three houses on the edge of the land are all occupied by very anti shooting people. I know that they would love me to make a mistake or for something to go wrong and they are watching me carefully. It is more hassle than it is worth, so I don't bother with it any more. Doing so will just result in angry letters etc that i don't have time to deal with and a much greater focus on my farming activities. Probably not the right attitude though, as I don't have anything to hide, but I can't afford the Landlord of the neighbouring land to get upset.
 
That legal fieldsports/hunting discrimination is allowed to carry on without any ramifications. This is something I see very little mention of when there are talks about hunt sabs, antis or general public information
 
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