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A recent statement issued by Devon and Cornwall Police advised the public that if and when faced with a terrorist attack, people should run, hide […]

A recent item in the trade publication, Gun Trade News, dealt with the topic of grey imports. This term is used to describe genuine products […]

The Green Party’s views on fieldsports will be anathema to the many who enjoy these activities. Of course there is nothing surprising about a party […]

We should not be too quick to condemn the Metropolitan Police for its apparent breach of, if not security then certainly trust, after it was […]

“Stopping the animal rights movement in its tracks and putting rural issues on the map in Westminster”. This was the response given by Tim Bonner […]

Shooting often claims to be an egalitarian sport and competition shooting especially so. A further endorsement of this comes with the announcement of the plan […]

No one should be surprised that the British Medical Association (BMA) has advised its General Practitioner members to refuse to carry out medical assessments on […]

In a recent issue of the monthly magazine, Sporting Shooter, BASC’s Rory O’Loughlin took a close look at participation levels in shooting, in the process […]

The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) may now find itself on the receiving end of a legal action following its claim that […]

Interviewed in the industry magazine, Gun Trade News, the new editor of Airgun Shooter magazine, says that he believes that now is the best time […]

Heads have rolled at the British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC). Almost a year after being suspended on full pay, a December 2016 decision […]

Making the announcement that Shooting Times and Sporting Gun’s publisher, TimeInc is to be its official media partner for the 2017 event, must have been […]

Eduardo Goncalves is Chief Executive of the League Against Cruel Sports (LACS). Goncalves is a strikingly exotic name, until one understands that in Portugal, from […]

Last month the British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) released the findings of a study it had commissioned to look into the impact upon […]

The removal by the House of Lords of the stumbling block which until recently had prevented police officers from unmasking violent protesters has been welcomed […]

The Game Fair opens doors for British clothing brands wanting to break into Europe by offering bursaries to exhibit at IWA The Game Fair has […]

The decision to hold this year’s Game Fair at Hatfield House in Hertfordshire, could well result in a new high water mark in terms of […]

The dawning of New Year’s Day in Scotland brought with it a multi-digit increase in the number of criminals now at large in the country. […]

In a move that will be widely welcomed by shooters, the organisers of the 2017 Game Fair are offering BASC’s 130,000 members complimentary entry to […]

The news that the RSPCA has been advised by the Government’s environment, food and rural affairs committee to “step back” from making private prosecutions is […]

There are no prizes for getting the answers, beyond the sense of superiority that comes with knowing that guntrader’s question setters have met their match. […]

Given that it is now the habit to publish the latest issue of a magazine one week into the month preceding the cover date, it […]

The world’s tallest cut Christmas tree was a whopping 221 ft. high. Douglas fir which was erected in Seattle, Washington, in December 1950. For those […]

Here is Kerry McCarthy, Labour MP for Bristol East defining grouse shooting: “It’s about blasting out of the sky as many birds as possible so […]

There is a small but growing band of those in favour of driven rifle shooting. Common in mainland Europe, there is no recent tradition in […]