In my piece today, I highlight the silliness of the decision to ban children from obtaining tickets to shooting events at the 2012 London Olympics. Well, it seems that there were more people than just myself who considered the move to be ridiculous. The Telegraph reports a reversal of the decision:

Outcry from the British Olympic Association, shooting organisations and athletes has forced Locog to open up its free Ticketshare tickets to shooting events to schoolchildren as well as other Ticketshare recipients like Tickets for Troops.
A Locog spokesperson said there had been little demand for shooting tickets from schools, but schoolchildren will now be allowed to access the Ticketshare tickets to the shooting events.
Olympic Games medal contender, double trap shooter Peter Wilson said Locog’s earlier priorities would have been sad and a lost opportunity to educate a younger generation about responsible gun ownership and shooting as a sport.
Wilson, 24, said the only experience children in London might have in relation to shooting was a violent crime but seeing the Olympic Games shooting competition will expose them to a different responsible side of gun ownership.

The rest here.