Countryside Alliance Ireland - love the countryside

With the advent of the new game shooting season, the major organisations representing shooting, of which the Countryside Alliance is one, have launched an improved version of the Code of Good Shooting Practice. 

This extract from the foreword sums up the need for the code: ‘We must never be complacent about the future of shooting. Shooting and shoot management practices will be judged by the way participants and providers behave. Our sport is under constant and detailed scrutiny and we must demonstrate that we conduct it to high standards. The Code of Good Shooting Practice brings together these standards and makes them easily available to all who participate.’

The code is a good example of using self-regulation to fend off Government intervention. By its voluntary nature, not all may adhere to it, but over time it has proved an invaluable tool whether dealing with politicians or supermarkets. It points the shooting community in the right direction.

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