Gun Control & RKBA
In reply to the discussion: Discharged firearms in the news: Fri 27 July - Thur 2 Aug 2012 [View all]gejohnston
(17,502 posts)Maltese Target Shooters, members of the local Malta Air-Rifle & Pistol Shooting Club were invited to take part for the first time in the annual Eley/NSRA (National Smallbore Rifle Association) Postal Shooting Competition of the UK.
The competition consisted of three phases and some 6000 competitors from all over Britain took part. Seven local shooters participated in this event. Five of these shooters managed to qualify for the second stage but only two shooters made it to the finals.
After the second Stage, Malta won two Gold and three Silver medals. The winning shooters were Eleanor Bezzina (Silver) and Stephen Vassallo (Silver) in Air-Pistol, Romeo Zuber (Silver) and Lawrence Darmanin (Gold) in Prone Rifle and Alison Vella (Gold) in Air-Rifle.
http://www.independent.com.mt/news.asp?newsitemid=148478