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CORRECTION

In the January issue of Sporting Gun, we wrongly attributed Linden Broadhead’s letter ‘No more bad news’ to Jim Higgison. We get a lot of mail and read everything sent in to us. Occasionally we make a mistake.

Letter of the month

Unfair criticism

It was disappointing to read of Linden Broadhead’s [wrongly attributed to Jim Higgison] frustration with firearms licensing and the transition to lead shot (Letters, January issue) and his consideration of giving up the sport we all love. I feel his criticism of BASC is extremely unfair.

I have been working with BASC as a volunteer Young Shots coordinator for 10 years and I see the immense amount of work it puts in to protect and enhance our sport. It

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