Fighting your corner on firearms

BASC’s Fighting Fund is available to help individual members, in a similar way to the previous LEI. We feel this option is more pragmatic and cost effective. 

Each case brought forwards is taken on its individual merits, however we are broadly looking for:

• A case that has a likelihood of winning (the previous LEI did not fund cases unlikely to succeed)
• The member has been the victim of an injustice
• Does the case have wider implications? (while any judgment will be based on that specific case, if there is a point of principle, it can help set the correct tone for other firearms departments on future decision making)

Cases are regularly discussed and put forward by our dedicated firearms officers, and we expect the Fighting Fund will have been used for more 40 individual cases by the end of this year. By taking this approach, we are not beholden to the decision-making of an insurance provider and can make the call in the best interests of both an individual member and of the broader shooting community.

It’s important to note that our decision-making team reserve the right to stop further funding of a case at any point. Any costs incurred by the member will be covered until that point, but it is only right that if circumstances change, we are not spending members’ money on a case that no longer has the prospect of a successful outcome.