They are unhappy that the events will take place at the Royal Artillery Barracks in Woolwich rather than Bisley in Surrey which shooting groups across the country had campaigned for.

 

Albie Fox, a spokesman for the Association formed after pistols were banned following the Dunblane Massacre, said: “The decision will mean there will be no legacy for shooting from the Olympic Games.

 

"For too long the shooting sportsmen and women of the UK have bent over backwards to facilitate events such as the Commonwealth Games and Olympics.

 

"What do we get in return?

 

"Nothing except more legislation designed to kill off the sport.

 

"That is why we are calling on all shooters, judges, range officers, and volunteers etc, to withhold their support as volunteers to run the shooting events."

 

London 2012 had decided last month to keep the events at Woolwich because they claimed none of the existing ranges at Bisley are suitable for Olympic and Paralympic competition and that it would require extra athlete and officials' accommodation.

 

Fox said: "Any unbiased observer who looks at the facts can see that there are many inaccuracies and mendacious statements in the LOGOC statement.

 

"Apart from blighting the lives of the Army families that will have to move out, the Woolwich facilities are unsuitable for accurate shooting.

 

"Bisley, the home of British shooting, is 30 minutes from London, will be cheaper to modify to Olympic standards and will leave a lasting legacy for shooting sports.

 

"Not using Bisley can only lead us to conclude that someone has deliberately decided to shaft us.

 

"That doesn’t mean that we have to accept it with a smile on our faces."

 

The Association will also call on the British Shooting Sports Council (BSSC) to mobilise all shooting bodies to back their campaign and organise a protest march in London as soon as possible.