We shoot straight from the heart

I AM writing on behalf of the National Target Shooting Association (NTSA) in response to the letter from John Fitzgerald entitled ‘Shooting incident should be a warning’ (Irish Examiner, April 22).

This ill-informed letter paints a truly horrifying image of the Irish target shooting community, all the more so because it is completely false in all of its accusations.

Firstly, calling NTSA shooters "so-called sportsmen" is a slur on those who have represented Ireland at two Olympic Games in the past decade, as well as over 100 international competitions, including 12 members of the Irish squad who are representing their country at this very moment in the World Cup event in Athens.