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A new ballistics study has revealed steel shot lethality is on a par with lead shot in ranges up to 50 yards. Commissioned by the British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) and the Gun Trade Association (GTA), and undertaken at Cranfield University the study tested the theories behind moving two shot sizes larger when… Read more »
The British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) is advising members to remain vigilant for signs of avian influenza, otherwise known as bird flu, in both wild bird populations and kept birds this winter. The advice is being issued following two confirmed cases of H5N1 Avian Influenza, one near to Droitwich Spa, Worcestershire (highly pathogenic)… Read more »
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More people are being killed as a result of gun crime, despite an overall fall in both homicides and firearms offences, the latest Home Office figures show. Between March 2006 and April 2007 the police recorded 59 fatalities from firearms offences, up from 49 deaths the year before. More than half of all firearms offences… Read more »
A serious knowledge gap about the management of community order sentences has been uncovered by the National Audit Office (NAO). Its report on the sentences, reinvigorated by the Criminal Justice Act 2003 to give courts a wide range of sentencing options, finds the National Offender Management Service (Noms) does not know the full cost of… Read more »
