NRA News Commentator Predicts the Future of Air Rifles

By Jenn Jacques

NRA News commentator Colion Noir predicted the future when he imagined a world in which air rifles are highly regulated. Now the government of Scotland is requiring this very measure of its own citizens.

The Air Weapons and Licensing (Scotland) Bill was passed last summer in spite of the fact data showed a 73% drop in Scottish airgun crime since 2006-2007.

BASC Scottish Committee chairman Alan Balfour commented: “It is bitterly disappointing that the Scottish Government has seen fit to bring in this new law in the face of all the evidence against it.”

From Shooting UK:

As BASC has repeatedly stated, the figures show that airgun crime is at its second lowest in the 10-year period between 2004-2014.

Overall, airgun offences account for just 0.06 per cent of crimes committed in Scotland. This is a 73 per cent reduction from the 2006-2007 period when offences peaked at 0.2 per cent of the total, which in itself was still a minor proportion of overall crime.

Furthermore, BASC director Scotland Dr Colin Shedden went on to say, “This new legislation will only affect and inconvenience law-abiding airgun shooters who will now have to …Read the Rest

Source:: Bearing Arms