In the wake of the tragic events in Plymouth on 12 August, in which licensed shotgun holder Jake Davison, 22, shot six people dead, including himself, once again the licensing of guns in the UK looks set for further...
“Never was so much owed by so many to so few”, to paraphrase Winston Churchill, when, seventy-five years ago, the brave airmen of the Royal Air Force defended our skies against the German Luftwaffe during the Battle of...
The new Guide has a wider audience in mind. Damian Green, Minister of State, says in the foreword that the aim has been to make it “as clear and concise as possible for the police, the shooting community and the general...
In July, a newspaper reported that a clay pigeon shooting club which had been around for thirty years faced closure, after a District Judge dismissed its appeal against a noise abatement notice. The notice had been issued...
On 2 June 2010, Derrick Bird murdered twelve people and injured eleven others in Cumbria with legally held firearms. One month later, following the usual cries for tighter gun controls that follow such horrific events, the...
Does the much-publicised Nightingale case set a precedent for other cases of unlawful possession? Not likely, says firearms licensing law specialist Tim Ryan Glock 9mm pistol SAS Sergeant Danny Nightingale has put the issue...
“If I break wind in Wittenberg they smell it in Rome,” complained Martin Luther. He had cause to worry. He was challenging the authority of the all-powerful Catholic Church at the time of the Spanish Inquisition. For...
In early Autumn 2011, DEFRA announced that in the New Year it would be launching a consultation over possible reform of Section 2(2) of the Animals Act 1971. To those who practise in the area of liability for animals, this...