On whose authority?

The arrival of Covid-19 was the biggest upset to life in the UK that most of us have experienced. For people with an interest or involvement in country matters, it came at a particularly unfortunate time when predators needed to be controlled to protect nesting birds and newborn lambs.

So, if your firearms or shotgun certificate expired during this time and you needed a prompt renewal to remain in lawful possession of your guns, how did the system respond?

As expected, the situation was patchy. In early March, there was a run on loo paper and some supermarkets sold a year’s worth of