Significant increase in firearms licensing fees

BASC has warned the decision to increase fees poses a threat to rural livelihoods

Alex Black
clock • 2 min read
Significant increase in firearms licensing fees

The Government's decision to significantly increase firearms licensing fees poses a threat to rural livelihoods and fails to deal with gross inefficiencies which in many cases provides an unacceptable...

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