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
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
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
The UK’s largest shooting organisation, the British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC), starts 2015 in a strong position to continue to promote and defend shooting with the announcement that its membership has risen to more than 140,000.
The British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) has welcomed the Home Office’s decision that firearms dealers in the UK will not have to establish and maintain electronic registers under a new EU directive. Initially, the Home Office had put forward a proposal to give firearms dealers responsibility for complying
All restrictions following the outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N8 in ducks on premises in East Yorkshire on 16 November 2014 have now been lifted.
The UK’s largest shooting organisation, the British Association for Shooting and Conservation, (BASC) has called for the immediate resignation of an elected local councillor and animal rights extremist who posted comments on facebook mocking the suicide of a former soldier and game dealer. A further comment called for everyone who
The Northern Ireland Department of Justice’s latest review of the Northern Ireland firearms licensing system has been challenged by the UK’s largest shooting organisation, The British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC). The challenge came during a firearms licensing fees workshop at Stormont which was organised and hosted by the
The date of the 2015 Countryside Clay Shoot, organised by the British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) and the CLA, has been announced. The charity shoot will be held at the prestigious Six Mile Bottom estate in Cambridgeshire on Saturday 23rd May 2015. The clay shoot will raise money
