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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Duke Leto" data-source="post: 1282248" data-attributes="member: 35693">its ironic in this PC world we live in that in nearly all areas there are bodies controlling people, I could run a gauntlet from parents if I wander around a playing field with my camera and photographing birds wouldn't be a reasonable excuse, yet I can walk down the road with my credit card and pop in to my local fishing shop (it literally is down the road) purchase an air rifle or a crossbow without any one raising an eyebrow and walk a further 50yrds down the road to the river and shot anything on sight..............Over the past year I photographed a fisherman using his catapult to "scare" off swans shooting stones, the photographs were used to have the individual banned from the angling society but unfortunately one of the swans called "Henry" a local character with a dodgy wing and no mate has fallen to youths with an air rifle, even though the police were called the hooligans had a few hours to make there escape, the anglers that saw the incident gave a full description but no arrests have been made.Whilst I don't wish to spoil anyones fun the industry must take more responsibility to who these items are sold anything that endagers life should be licensed...........Attached is the last shot I took of the lakes with Henry.............</blockquote>