The British government has started to talk about relaxing gun laws, in order to help the shooters prepare for the 2012 Olympics in London.
Sports Minister Richard Caborn is to meet Patrick Johnson, secretary of the British Shooting Sports Council, later this week.
Special permission has been given for shooting to be staged in 2012, but Britain's top competitors are currently forced to do most of their training in Switzerland.
The anti shooting legislation, banning most types of handguns, was introduced after the Dunblane massacre in 1996 when Thomas Hamilton killed 16 schoolchildren and a teacher.
Culture Secretary Tessa Jowell said:
"In the seven years between now and 2012 we will obviously keep this under review. But we would be reluctant to argue that we move from the legislation for which we know there is a lot of public support for good reason."
Wednesday, October 26, 2005
Tuesday, October 25, 2005
One Planet Olympics
London, which is hosting the 2012 Olympic Games, is working with environmental groups WWF and BioRegional on the concept of "One Planet Olympics".
The theory being that global consumption, and pollution levels, need to be brought back within the Earth's ability to absorb the demands humans place upon it.
David Stubbs, head of environment for the London 2012 team, hopes that the idea will help people make the link between sport and the environment.
Quote:
"We decided that we needed something that gave us a vision to our proposals. We felt One Planet Olympics encapsulated a lot of the values of the Olympic movement and global environmental concerns".
Paul King, WWF's director of One Planet Living, said:
"If everyone around the world was polluting and consuming natural resources at the same rate we are in the UK, we would need three planets to support us".
Quite how these objectives will be achieved, given the fact that the Olympics is based purely on money, marketing and consumerism is difficult to see.
The theory being that global consumption, and pollution levels, need to be brought back within the Earth's ability to absorb the demands humans place upon it.
David Stubbs, head of environment for the London 2012 team, hopes that the idea will help people make the link between sport and the environment.
Quote:
"We decided that we needed something that gave us a vision to our proposals. We felt One Planet Olympics encapsulated a lot of the values of the Olympic movement and global environmental concerns".
Paul King, WWF's director of One Planet Living, said:
"If everyone around the world was polluting and consuming natural resources at the same rate we are in the UK, we would need three planets to support us".
Quite how these objectives will be achieved, given the fact that the Olympics is based purely on money, marketing and consumerism is difficult to see.
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