FORWARDED FROM THE BRITISH PISTOL CLUB:-
All,

We have had this forwarded to us and believe that our members
would be interested.


"http://edmi.parliament.uk/EDMi/EDMDetails.aspx?
EDMID=30407&SESSION=875
<http://edmi.parliament.uk/EDMi/EDMDetails.aspx?
EDMID=30407&amp;SESSION=875>



We would ask everyone to contact their MP now and ask them to sign
Early Day Motion 1930 It is easy. Use either of the following links:

http://www.writetothem.com/ or
http://www.owos.info/how_you_can_help/contact_MP.php



Best regards.


Jessie and Robin

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--- In wmrtss@..., "Nigel" <northwood60@y...> wrote:
>
> From Trevor Haynes ..............
>
> If you haven't seen the following yet, it's taken from the NSRA
> > website.  You can help by asking your MP to sign the EDM.
> >
> > HOUSE OF COMMONS EARLY DAY MOTION - PISTOL SHOOTING & MICK GAULT
> >
> > Kate Hoey MP, the former Minister of Sport, has set down a House
of
> > Commons Early Day Motion on the subject of pistol shooting. It
> reads:
> >
> > EXEMPTIONS FOR THE SPORT OF OLYMPIC PISTOL SHOOTING
> >
> > That this House recognises the importance of the success of
Michael
> > Gault in the pistol shooting events in the Commonwealth Games in
> > Melbourne; and conscious of the fact that most of his training
and
> > that of other world-class pistol shooters has had to take place
> > outside Great Britain due to the gun laws; calls on the Home
> Secretary
> > to exempt the sport of Olympic pistol shooting from the handgun
> ban to
> > allow athletes for the London Olympics to train at home.
> >
> > An Early Day Motion is not debated in the House except in very
> > exceptional circumstances which are not likely to apply in this
> case.
> > The EDM is No. 1930 in a series which started with No. 1 being
> tabled
> > on 17 May 2005. It is, however, an opportunity for back benchers
> to
> > express a view on a particular subject. The greater the number
of
> > signatures appended and the more cross-Party support it receives
> the
> > better. When originally tabled it was signed by five members of
> > Parliament - three Labour, one Conservative and one Liberal
> Democrat.
> >
> > The following has details of the EDM and lists MP's that have
thus
> far
> > signed it (not very many)
> >
> > http://edmi.parliament.uk/EDMi/EDMDetails.aspx?
> EDMID=30407&SESSION=875
> >
>