Bye B....

[king1]

All industries suffer from the same impositions, no-one is being singled out... 

It starts with governments (and departments) being held responsible or accountable for harm (legally and politically), and as such ends with governments needing to do everything possible to eliminate the risk of such harm...  Nanny state at its finest, but simply what we as a society have created in NZ...  I blame the activists...

I blame the government that bows to the activists instead of common sense. And you are right that it's not just sports shooting being targeted but that has to be one of the silliest. And it is putting a great sport at risk.

Another example in the misguided name of "safety" are things like - an untrained homeowner is allowed up on their roof to clean, paint, whatever they like. But anyone they employ, or to get up on their neighbour's roof, they have to have a ridiculous amount of scaffolding to stop them falling off. Even if they are a trained roofer who knows how to stay safe. Why? Because of the "accidents" from workers who go to work drugged and then fall off. Instead of dealing with the problem of drugs in the workplace, every homeowner needing roof maintenance done, or a new house built, spends tens of thousands extra.

IF every accident was caused by drugged up mules then that could make sense, but it is not the case.  Accidents don't just happen to druggies and drunks.