Posted on 02/23/2016 2:06:30 PM PST by rktman
But Long-Collins believes semi-automatic rifles and handguns should also be added to the list, and dismisses potential safety concerns.
"[For most people] in the UK, you only see guns being used by the police or in video games. People aren't going to know the procedures and the application process," he says.
There may be an urban-rural split. Many farmers need shotguns for work. But when I approached people on the streets of London - a far cry from the country farms where guns are part of the furniture - they largely reacted with confusion and disbelief when the subject of legal gun ownership was approached.
In fact, there are currently more than 700,000 private gun owners in England and Wales and 1.8 million firearms - the most since records began - according to Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary (HMIC).
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It’s the city folks versus the country folks. I think that main split is pretty much universal.
I wish them well in this.
Yep.
I hope infringements to their natural right to keep and bear arms are removed before it’s too late... before the island is overrun with Muslims.
LOL! Thanks.
Semi-automatic rifles in .22 calibre are already legal. Oddly enough single shot pistols in .22 calibre are not, yet black powder revolvers are also legal. UK Gun laws don’t make a whole lot of sense.
And you and I can own an AK, MI6, SA80 etc, as long as they are straight pull.
The island wont ever be so, but we need to regain our laws anyhow.
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