Friday November 6, 2009, 12:53 pm
I didnt want to create any probems leaving a comment for the gentleman who seems like if he did have gun, then it WOULD be an option????

"Being apparently among the few residents of central London without a gun, the option of shooting the bird is not open to us."

Another option is to pack everything and move somewhere else.

Friday November 6, 2009, 1:29 pm
This gentleman is being somewhat disingenuous very few residents of London have guns being a large city. Guns are generally owned by rural people and are usually shotguns; handguns are generally illegal all gun owners are licensed, there is no right to carry or conceal weapons or indeed purchase them at the corner store; here in NZ we have similar gun laws,
Magpies are an introduced species to NZ and we do shoot them as they prey on and/or harass our native birds, which for a whole variety of reasons are under some duress not least of all from ourselves.
I like magpies and I personally don't shoot them, but I get the reasoning behind it.