Rejected petition Repeal ban on handguns

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In a knee jerk reaction by Government, sportsmen and women, both able bodied and disabled, were prevented from participation in an Olympic sport because of a ban on the possession of handguns.
Pistol shooting is a sport where both sexes and the disabled are able to compete on an equal level, the ban should be repealed.

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Date submitted 5 August 2011
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