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    LETTERS

    May 19, 2021 4 minutes

    FIGHT OUR CORNER

    Is the new mantra “we must embraceself-regulation enthusiastically” merely another excuse for doing nothing?

    Each time the shooting community is faced with another restriction to our way of life — which seems to happen on an almost monthly basis — the fieldsports organisations appear to simply roll over and agree to whatever we are legislated to comply with that limits, and may ultimately put an end to, what we do in the countryside. At the same time, they’ll charge you to attend a seminar to learn how to work within the new limitations.

    The latest proposal in a long line of restrictions is the 500m land grab by Defra/Natural England (News, 3 March). We’ve already seen a

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