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Shooting community prepares to fight “existential threat”
The Government has confirmed it will consult on merging the shotgun and firearms licensing systems, in what shooting organisations warn could trigger the biggest exodus in decades.
The proposals would require every shotgun owner to go through the same licensing process as rifle owners, fundamentally changing how half a million shotgun owners access shooting. Confirmation that the consultation will now definitely go ahead follows meetings between the Home Office and shooting organisations in recent days, and ends months of speculation about the Government’s intentions.
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GWCT CEO given Bellamy Award for ‘tireless work’
Teresa Dent CBE has been awarded the National Gamekeepers’ Organisation (NGO) Educational Trust Bellamy Award for her “tireless work” as the CEO of the GWCT
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Countryside Alliance lodges BBC complaint
An anti-shooting article published by the BBC has been challenged by the Countryside Alliance over failing to meet impartiality guidelines
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Speak up before the next grouse debate
On 30 June, MPs will debate grouse shooting in Parliament. Will your MP turn up and how will they vote? That could depend on you…
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Rewilding and fires, a precautionary tale
The so-called ‘precautionary principle’ is increasingly applied to shooting, but on rewilded land nature is allowed ‘to take its course’
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BASC warning over fake firearms sales
Reports of fraudulent attempts to buy firearms online are highlighted by police, as BASC urges its members to follow strict legal procedures
By ShootingUK
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