Feeling contrarian today. We agree lead is bad stuff. Danger is related to exposure. Steel presents different problems. Society says we must use it. Lawmakers regulate its use, changing the way we "do" shooting sports.

Everything's changing. Obesity's taking over as major health problem. We drive to gun clubs and shoot under controlled conditions as contrived as pinball machines. Rarely are hunters a kilometre off the roads.

Our countries are emptying to cities; most newcomers taking in each other's wash. But not enough public land to practise skills and stretch legs for successful hunts? Has it come down to shooting at bits of clay because of no land?

Media has a lot to answer for. But I think most of the moans about the shooting sports in a rapidly changing world is a part of a fanciful notion of those who have subordinated interest in getting out for the hunt to driving to the range.