A lot of politics now play into popularism and playing one faction off against another. It the old of your not with me your against syndrome, the reality is we all probably have more in common than we don’t but everything seems so polarised at the moment people can’t see what’s directly in front of them. Back in the good old day’s there used to be moderate voices that would speak sense and balance but this doesn’t seem to exist anymore.
As for NIMBYS, completely agree. Always complaining that young people cause problems but when they want to develop something that will create jobs but might affect the value of the homes they are up in arms.
As for licensing proper I would have to politely disagree with this. If some muppet is going to run around there local high street with a RIF and get shoot by the cops then give them a Darwin Award. I know I’m sensible and I think the majority of people are, we aren’t talking about live firearms. for me it’s just another way of making us more compliant by having to License what is effectively an expensive toy for what gain, to prove I play a sport. It’s starts with airsoft where does it stop when we live under a talebanesque regime where you can’t fly a kite.