Damnit whollsee, I was just going to say that!
And layback40, these days so many are wearing elastic or velco shoes and CAN"T tie laces...
I used to shoot regularly in competition. I was up to A grade by my 3rd year there, aiming for Master. Gave it up after the laws that were introduced in '96 as so many people showed up on weekends that I hardly got any range time.
We keep getting laws foisted upon us that make it harder to own firearms, yet none of these laws stop those who purchase on the black market. So they are really very little protection at all.
Also, for those who are unaware; you are far more likely to survive, if you are shot with a military round (&/or rifle), than civilian. This is because all milspec ammunition uses full metal jacketed projectiles, so they stay basically the same shape. Civilian & hunting ammunition is predominantly soft point, or hollow point which is designed to expand on impact & transfers much more energy to the target, causing much greater hydrostatic shock & far more damaging wounds.
If you want to kill someone, run them over. Don't shoot them. You are far more likely to get off completely, and if you are convicted the sentence is much shorter, especially if you fail the subsequent breath test & can come up with a halfway convincing story/excuse.
And yet, you don't even have to be able to read roadsigns in order to get a licence, and are never retested until you are over 80.