Advice for firearms certificate holders on protecting their firearms from theft has been published by the UK’s largest shooting organisation, the British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC), the National Crime Agency (NCA) and the police. The advice, Protect Your Firearm, Protect Your Sport, shares tips with certificate holders on Read more…
BASC has written to the Home Office and the Northern Ireland Department of Justice to request their support for the removal of Visitors’ Firearm and Shotgun Permit fees. Visitors from within the EU coming to the UK to shoot currently have to pay a £12 fee or £60 group fee Read more…
A distribution map of BASC’s membership of more than 140,000 shows people who take part in shooting sports live in city, town, coast and countryside and dispels any myth about shooting being solely a rural issue. BASC, the British Association for Shooting and Conservation, is the UK’s largest shooting organisation. Read more…
Fieldsports generate 10 million visits a year to the English countryside according to the latest research from Natural England. Fishing generates another 14 million visits. The visits are measured in the fifth annual report from Natural England on people’s engagement with the natural environment. BASC chairman Alan Jarrett said: “BASC Read more…
Taste of Game has teamed up with DB Foods and supermarket Aldi to stock oven-ready pheasants under the Brookfield Game brand. The Specialbuy pheasant will be available in Aldi stores nationwide from today (Thursday 15th January). To help customers get the most from this lean, rich meat, the packaging will Read more…
BASC members who want to stand for the association’s elected Council are being reminded that the deadline for entries is approaching. The deadline for nominations is at the end of January with the election results announced at the BASC AGM on 13th June 2015. Candidates must be BASC members and Read more…
A campaign to ensure that MPs and general election candidates recognise the Value of Shooting, which generates £2 billion for the economy every year, has been launched by the British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC), the UK’s largest shooting organisation. The Value of Shooting report is based on the Read more…
BASC is asking members to put their talents and experience to work for shooting by standing for the association’s elected Council. The deadline for nominations is at the end of January with the election results announced at the BASC AGM on 13th June 2015. Candidates must be BASC members and Read more…
The British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC), the UK’s largest shooting organisation with a membership of 140,000, has written to the Shadow Chancellor Ed Balls to clarify Labour comments on increasing the cost of firearms licences. In the interview, Mr Balls said: “A few weeks ago we showed how in Read more…
