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    Gun Ownership and Shooting in France v4
    Gun Ownership and Shooting in France v4
    Gun Ownership and Shooting in France v4
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    Gun Ownership and Shooting in France v4

    By Alan Pearce

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    Everything you need to know to own firearms or take up shooting as a hobby in France is contained in this short but practical illustrated how-to guide. Details on how to join the three main sports federations – Tir, Ball Trap and Chasse. Plus sections on buying arms in France, storage and transport, cleaning and maintenance, and making your own ammunition, together with links to important documents and websites. A must for every potential gun owner in France. Available in all digital e-book reader formats.

    5.0 out of 5 stars On target, a must buy, August 22, 2011
    By Monsieur Bollides - If you are in France trying to understand the laws governing shooting and buying guns then this book will save you months of research.
    It is complete with downloadable forms.
    I cannot praise it enough.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAlan Pearce
    Release dateAug 1, 2011
    ISBN9781465762344
    Gun Ownership and Shooting in France v4
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    Alan Pearce

    Alan Pearce is a journalist, broadcaster, former BBC correspondent, and author of several books. He has contributed to numerous publications, from Time Magazine to The Sunday Times of London. He lives in Nouvelle Aquitaine, France.

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      Gun Ownership and Shooting in France v4 - Alan Pearce

      Gun Ownership and Shooting in France

      An Illustrated Practical How-to Guide

      By Alan Pearce

      V4

      ISBN: 978-1-4657-6234-4

      Smashwords Edition

      Updated January 2018

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      www.alanpearce.com

      Table of Contents:

      Chapter 1 - Why Guns?

      Chapter 2 - Gun Ownership in France is Easy

      Chapter 3 - On The Range – Fédération Française de Tir

      Chapter 4 - Le Stand - Fédération Française de Ball-Trap

      Chapter 5 - La Chasse - Fédération Nationale des Chasseurs

      Chapter 6 - Weapons Types

      Chapter 7 - Buying Firearms in France

      Chapter 8 - Best Buys

      Chapter 9 - Other Kit

      Chapter 10 - Storing and Travelling Securely

      Chapter 11 - Cleaning & Maintenance

      Chapter 12 - Reloading - Making Your Own Ammo

      Chapter 13 - Document Downloads & Links

      Appendix - More books by Alan Pearce

      Chapter 1 - Why Guns?

      When I moved to France and wanted to learn the language I was told to join a club but what kind of club? I wasn’t interested in boules and didn’t want to discuss the price of grain with young farmers. Then I discovered that the French have an enduring love affair with firearms of all types and that gun ownership is not a privilege but a right earned during the Revolution of 1789.

      Back home in the UK if I declared in polite society my own interest in guns I would get a few askance looks. I might even be rushed off for psychiatric evaluation. Not so in France where just under a quarter of all households have guns, often between three and four per house, with around 20 million registered firearms in circulation – that’s with a population of 66 million.

      In France, having a gun is not considered odd.

      So I joined my local gun club. I started off with a simple, inexpensive black powder revolver and now I have a shotgun, a hunting rifle, a semi-automatic assault rifle and a Colt .45ACP handgun. To me, this seems just as unlikely as walking on the moon.

      My French quickly improved. I got the numbers system off pat within a week because everybody at the club talks about calibres, distances and powder weights. I made friends and got to fire their

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