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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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NewsDonation to Fishing for Schools from John Humphreys’ fund
Memorial service collection has raised £1,500 for flyfishing project
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Shoot of the week: Scaleby Castle
Ian Valentine joins a shoot-one-walk-one day in Cumbria
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NewsMPs get a taste of game
Politicians served game canapés including carpaccio of venison, wild hot-smoked mallard and roulade of potted pheasant with Parma ham
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NewsShooting woodcock in the Isle of Skye
Andrew Trimbee recalls the thrilling spectre of woodcock in the frozen forests of Skye
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NewsUK Firearms Licensing: The view from Chief Constable Andy Marsh
Firearms Licensing: Chief Constable Andy Marsh is the national policing lead for the Firearms & Explosives Licensing Working Group (FELWG), and here he outlines the plans for the future of UK fire...
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Is your Christmas dinner under threat?
Farmers growing brussel sprouts say hungry wood pigeons are attacking the crops, which costs them millions
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Firearm CertificatesWhat are my chances of getting a shotgun certificate?
I was in prison for a violent crime 26 years ago and my life has changed dramatically since, but a firearms officer told me I have no chance of getting a shotgun certificate
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