We are law abiding citizens and it is time to say we will not accept punishment or criminalization for the minority of people who do abuse airguns and firearms.
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Petition Moves Forward
The petition against the licencing of low powered airguns and other proposals by the Scottish government, with over 13k signatures at the time of submissions has now been formally lodged with the Scottish Parliament and will be considered by the Public Petitions Committee (PPC)
Controlled Britain
A meme created and published by Firearms UK on the restrictions faced by lawful airgunners
Freedom or Oppression
A meme created and published by Firearms UK on quotes attributed to Kenny MacAskill targeting airgunners
UPDATE: Write Your Own Laws – The Telegraph
Firearms UK is disappointed, but unfortunately not surprised with the decision of the Telegraph, however the law proposed by Colliemum, “Repeal the ban on hand guns and re-open shooting clubs”, does merit a vote and we would encourage everyone to support it.
Our response to the Aberdeen Sports Village incident
An incident in Aberdeen as recently caught the attention of the police and the press, where children belonging to a traveler site where alleged to have fired BB guns towards the players during a match at the Aberdeen Sports Village.
A Comment from Firearms UK
On the 4th April A reporter contacted us via our No to Airgun Licensing in England & Wales campaign Facebook page in relation to an article she was producing for that weeks Sun. She kindly supplied us with some information gleamed from freedom of information requests asked us for...
The slippery slope to totalitarianism
I just noticed one of the comments on the petition page and it caught my interest. “the government are pricing me out of the only sport i enjoy . try making people apply for a football supporters licence, more people are killed and injured in football violence than with...
What you can do?
Anyone connected with firearms or the shooting sports within the UK doesn't have to think too hard to realize that our rights and their associated past times have been under attack for many a year, and are still under threat from ideologically motivated attacks, fueled by emotion and ignorance.
Is shooting in the UK under threat?
All this noise, calling for unity, and defending our rights represents the most active of those who have recognised that the biggest threat to UK shooting is not EU law, or Tighter ownership restrictions but in fact us. Successful or not, these petitions and consultations are an opportunity for...
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