The defence you put up of GA and the perceived right to freedom of movement is admirable Sir and I actually agree with your points in the main but I feel that you are missing the bigger picture, the potential to abuse is the issue. People are not honest, people seek to hide their intentions and people evade scrutiny wherever possible for any number of reasons.
I support the authorities on this issue and as much as you have to get off your holiday flight from Spain to show a passport and pass through any notion of a border control, why should anyone flying privately be any different?
You have failed to answer the points pertaining to activity in support of such abuses, logistics, recon, funding. It's all connected. It's why the police are out talking to schools and clubs, they are simply trying to find the wheat in amongst the chaff. This 'self policing and self regulating' stuff just does not wash with me any more. What about moving people in to do something domestically? Yes, the axle of a lorry is easier but can you catogorically state that it won't happen in GA? I suspect not.
We will have to agree to disagree.
Best, QP