William Evans (Surrey)

“William Evans, our founder cut his teeth working for James Purdey prior to 1871, and then onto the equally prestigious HJ Holland, and then Holland & Holland on it’s change of name in 1876. This is where he learnt the fine trade of gun making, that would make him dream of opening his own establishment…” Etc etc. It’s obvious right from the off what this store is all about of course – guns and killing wild animals. The vast majority of visitors to bloodbusiness.info will never look at the William Evans website, but if they do they will find the usual gun lobbyist content of breathless reverence for a hobby that – as usual – rarely, if ever, thinks of the lives of the countless victims its products have brought to a sudden end…Animal Rising famously protested at the London outlet of William Evans in 2022, saying that “the demonstration called on the government to reflect public opinion and put an end to hunting, alongside protecting wildlife and rewilding land.”