If the French are well armed then yes, I would be very surprised. My suspicion was that if the Brits are disarmed then surely the rest of Europe must be, but at your suggestion I'll check on it.
The French, Germans, and Swiss are fairly well-armed (especially the Swiss - they are super-armed). I know the British and the Greeks are disarmed. Otherwise, I don't know but it varies considerably.
Now, the one caveat is that handguns are much more restricted than hunting rifles, so most of the European arms (in private ownership) are the latter.