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    On whose authority?

    Oct 06, 2020 4 minutes

    The arrival of Covid-19 was the biggest upset to life in the UK that most of us have experienced. For people with an interest or involvement in country matters, it came at a particularly unfortunate time when predators needed to be controlled to protect nesting birds and newborn lambs.

    So, if your firearms or shotgun certificate expired during this time and you needed a prompt renewal to remain in lawful possession of your guns, how did the system respond?

    As expected, the situation was patchy. In early March, there was a run on loo paper and some supermarkets sold a year’s worth of

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