Sign the petition
Conor O’Gorman encourages people to sign a petition against changes to shotgun licensing rules and to keep sending letters to MPs.
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A Game Christmas
Try our three fabulous game recipes by Rachel Green this Christmas, perfect for any table over the festive season.
Ensuring cultural recognition for shooting
Patrick O’Reilly discusses the government’s Living Heritage Lists and why we must ensure that shooting is recognised within them.
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Firearms consultation: Why contacting your MP matters
BASC is urging more people to write to their MP while we await a consultation on changes to shotgun licensing rules.
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Finding my feet on the foreshore
BASC Council member Lydia Castellano reflects on her first wildfowling trip and pays tribute to the people who made it memorable.
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Protecting your shoot starts with your boots
BASC’s Gareth Dockerty explains why good biosecurity on shoots is more essential now than it has ever been.
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No evidence for change on shotgun licensing rules
Conor O’Gorman discusses proposals to merge shotgun and firearm licensing and what makes these changes unnecessary.
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Predator control and nature recovery: what the evidence tells us
As the UK faces a biodiversity crisis, the role of predator control in nature recovery has never been more relevant or widely debated.
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Natural Environment Bill must not threaten conservation investment from game shooting
Peter Clark reflects on work carried out behind the scenes by BASC on the Natural Environment Bill and looks ahead to what comes next.
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Message to the minister
We share a letter sent by a BASC member to the Policing Minister on plans to consult on moving Section 2 certification (shotguns) to Section 1 (mostly rifles).
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