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Article: Shooters target Referendum Party
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- The Independent (London, England)
- Article date:
- January 19, 1997
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Britain's shooting fraternity is preparing to back Sir James
Goldsmith's campaign for a European referendum, writes Ian Burrell.
Disillusioned with the Government's insistence on introducing new
firearms restrictions and Labour's promises of even more swingeing
gun laws if it comes to power, the shooters are opting for a
protest vote.
The gun lobby has abandoned plans to field parliamentary
candidates, and is backing the only party which has not committed
itself to a firearms ban. The development is particularly worrying
for David Mellor, who called for a total ban on handguns and faces
an election battle with Goldsmith for his Putney ...