You sir are full of ####, you just said you where too young, so you are still too young to know what went on I could send you the act, but you could also read it online .
I happen to shoot my first steel challenge in my mid 70's
Before that just standard targets.
We had a clean up at the out door range, I could not make it as heart shot, but out of a 400 member ship there was 5 that showed up, they where all old guys , it was a week end.
There where quite a few that sold, turned in there small pistols as they where scared to loss a few dollars, So they are better off the the rest of us that kept the guns.
BTW I had full auto at the same time, so I am a real old useless bugger according to your thinking I guess.
Get a life.
I don't know where you are coming from , and don't really care.
I'm not saying some didn't fight, I'm saying that they lost.
And many sold out.
Our club too was dying off due to old age and a membership cap, there was a four year wait list to join up. And people complained the younger generation wasn't helping on the work days...
Ironic that when we removed members that were not active in the last 5 years, yet paid their yearly dues... we had a lot of room for new blood. Just happened to be the older crew that held all the strong opinions.
Suddenly everything changed that the old guy barriers were gone.
We went from three ranges to six. And work days/club matches/ funding is all up.
Now, I did inform myself of the history of gun legislation in canada... I am aware of what went on.
I'm not saying gun ownwrs did nothing, I'm saying they didn't do enough.
The fight you had was an easier fight than we have now.... that is all.
You can say I'm full of ####. And need to get a life, but all.I did was offend you....
What your generation of gun owners did was give up ground... and allow the framework that we now are tied to.
All you had to do was keep what you had.... we have fight for more than we started with...
And that is on your generation.