BASC has announced it is hosting a joint conference with the RSPCA to examine issues around the misuse
of airguns
The proposed seismic surveys will use arrays
of airguns towed behind ships as they explore for oil and gas deposits beneath the ocean floor.
Not exact matches
With each pair
of mechanics having only one
airgun between them, pit stops have become a lot slower in DTM - and it's all the better for it
BASC Scotland today welcomed official figures which show the number
of offences involving
airguns has dropped from 427 in 2009/10 to 233 in 2010/11.
BASC also outlined its investment in a national network
of highly - qualified
airgun and shotgun coaches who provide tens
of thousands
of adults, children and young people with shooting opportunities they may not otherwise enjoy.
The vast majority
of people who use
airguns do so lawfully and there are already sufficient powers available to deal with the small minority who break the law.
Legal requirement for
airguns to be stored out
of the reach
of children.
A group
of schoolchildren from Sheffield have been learning about
airguns, gundogs and conservation with BASC this month.
Airguns are a vital part
of target shooting and pest control in Scotland and the overwhelming majority are used sensibly, lawfully and responsibly.»
The SNP committed to increase the number
of police on the street, restrict access to all firearms, including
airguns, and clamp down on the sale
of drink to under 18s in a bid to prevent anti-social behaviour.
BASC, the UK's largest shooting organisation, and the RSPCA are establishing a working group on
airgun crime following the success
of a ground - breaking joint conference in London.
BASC will tell the Home Office that no further restrictions are needed on
airguns following the launch
of a consultation to consider future regulation
Two teams
of volunteer observers on geographically separated Queensland Sunshine Coast beaches tracked the whales» movements before
airguns began firing, while guns were going off, and for an hour after.
The cacophony produced by the
airguns is likely to disrupt the whales» vital behavior, with the resulting stress causing negative impacts on the health
of individual animals.
After the Thompson returned to Guam and Wiens flew back to St. Louis to resume his less romantic duties as chair
of the Department
of Earth and Planetary Sciences, the research vessel Marcus G. Langseth began to sail transects above the matrix
of seismometers, firing the 36 -
airgun array on its back deck.
His past work includes computational noise models for seismic
airguns, marine pile driving, survey sonars, marine shipping, and full - wave propagation
of impulses.
While military sonar systems and seismic
airguns used in oil / gas exploration and scientific research have received considerable attention in the overall issue
of noise impacts on marine life, less intense but far more widespread and chronically - present noise sources, particularly large commercial ships, have only recently begun to be specifically considered.
«On a daily basis we hear and witness instances where cats suffer unimaginable pain and suffering — from being the unintended victim
of a snare, being peppered with shots from
airguns or trying to survive without food or shelter as an unwanted and abandoned stray on the streets.
Despite this, Prime Minister Dean Barrow and the government
of Belize have decided to move forward with a plan that, according to the World Wildlife Fund, «involves using
airguns to blast shock waves through the water that are powerful enough to penetrate the seafloor» less than one mile from the UNESCO Heritage site
of the Belize Barrier Reef Reserve System.
Oil India Ltd has proposed an oil exploration plan that would involve seismic surveying using explosives and
airguns along the bed
of the Brahmaputra.
Seismic
airgun surveys are the first step toward offshore drilling,
of course, but under the current five - year Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) oil and gas leasing program adopted by the Obama Administration, the Atlantic can not be considered for drilling.
Companies searching for oil also use seismic
airguns, which typically produce blasts
of underwater sound comparable to a jet engine every ten seconds.
A 2013 scientific review found that seismic
airgun surveys can have negative impacts on marine mammals like narwhals in a number
of ways.
Seismic
airguns are being fired underwater off the east coast
of Greenland to find new oil reserves in the Arctic Ocean.
The trial judge applied R. v. McManus, (2006), 214 O.A.C. 77, and required proof the
airgun was a «weapon», as defined in s. 2
of the Criminal Code.
Further investigation determined that the handgun was a Crosman Pro77
airgun that fires.177 calibre spherical BBs propelled by means
of compressed air from a canister.
R. v. Dunn (C.) 2013 ONCA 539 Criminal Law — Weapons — What constitutes a weapon The accused was found to be in possession
of a Crosman Pro77
airgun that fired.177 calibre spherical BBs.