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The popularity of shooting continues to grow

Published by: Countryside Alliance on 30th June, 2015

A recent parlimentary written question tabled by Jim Shannon MP has revealed that shooting's popularity is continually growing. The question tabled was 'how many shotguns and firearms permit holders there were in each of the last five years?' The answer was provided in the form of a table (below), submitted by the Minister in charge of licensing Mike Penning.

Number of firearms and shotguns certificates on issue at 31 March each year, England and Wales, 2009/10 to 2013/14

	Firearm certificates on issue	Shotgun certificates on issue
2009/10	141,852	580,653
2010/11	141,840	564,269
2011/12	143,166	562,696
2012/13	147,695	570,726
2013/14	151,413	582,923

With over 730,000 certificates currently issued the shooting community has never had a louder voice and in a time where shooting is under increasing pressures, we have never needed it more.

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