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Jamaica Rifle Association was founded in 1896 [1] and is the umbrella organization for sport shooting in Jamaica, being a member of the international organizations: International Practical Shooting Confederation (IPSC) [2] [3] International Confederation of Fullbore Rifle Associations (ICFRA) [4] International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) [5]
This is a list of national and international shooting sports organizations who promote sport shooting to civilian sport shooters, hunters, police, military and/or military reservists. International governing bodies
details: Franck Dumoulin France: Wang Yifu China: Igor Basinski Belarus: 2004 Athens details: Wang Yifu China: Mikhail Nestruyev Russia: Vladimir Isakov Russia: 2008 Beijing details: Pang Wei China: Jin Jong-oh South Korea: Jason Turner United States: 2012 London details: Jin Jong-oh South Korea: Luca Tesconi Italy: Andrija Zlatić Serbia: 2016 ...
Smallbore rifle shooting, sometimes known (particularly in the United Kingdom) as miniature rifle shooting, is a set of disciplines of shooting sports. Smallbore shooting uses smaller-calibre rifles, typically chambered in .22 Long Rifle, at ranges generally of 100 yards (91 m) or shorter. Depending on the range, it can either be conducted ...
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Jamaican law allows firearm ownership on may-issue basis. With approximately eight civilian firearms per 100 people, Jamaica is the 92nd most armed country in the world.. Gun laws in Jamaica began to be tightened in the early 1970s, when Jamaica experienced a rise in violence associated with criminal gangs and political polarization between supporters of the People's National Party and the ...
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In addition, shooting had become more open with individuals pursuing several forms of the sport. The change of name to the British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) was agreed at the Annual General Meeting in 1981 in recognition that shooting sports required a single representative body and that WAGBI was the most suitably placed organisation to take on the role.