This argument has been put forward many times before, and several shooting organisations have paid lawyers to look into the legality of it & concluded that its not workable. Yes, its still an unrepealed law, but that counts for nothing. There are many old obscure laws hanging around, did you know you can legally shoot a welshman with a crossbow within the city walls of London after dark ? Its still on the statute books, but try doing it & use the law in court.

The law is an ass, its very muddled. Rather than beating the government over the head with our rights, we need to win them around and get them to like us again.