“Dads are not allowed to have shotguns in the UK.”
Really? I’m a dad, I live in England and I have three shotguns and a rifle.
The shotgun is best for some things, because rifle ballistic markings (on the rifle bullet) can be matched to the firearm. One should not litter, either.
Can your average UK person just go to the gun shop and buy one? Can everybody keep a gun at home if they want? Can you buy good protection shotgun rounds such as 00 buck? Do you have to be a member of a shooting/hunting club to own one a shotgun or rifle there? Can you actually use your rifle/shotgun to defend family or property without going to prison? Just curious. I was in Germany many years and did quite a bit of shooting there. The Germans had many restrictions on owning guns such as club membership requirements, limits on how many rifles/shotguns you could have, certificates, some had to store their weapons at a club, etc. I did know one German Dad who had many guns in his house with almost zero restrictions. He was also a high ranking Polizei official. The vast majority of Dads in Germany don’t have a gun. Is the UK similar?
Yes, and they are either stored at a club or at home, unloaded and/or disassembled, and locked up separately from the the ammo.
I have a four pistols, three shotguns, three rifles, and couple of wall hangers. All of them are stored in a locked gun cabinet with a glass front (if I’m in a hurry, I’ll break it!) along with the ammo, some of it in “ready” magazines.
Most of them are unloaded, but two, a pistol and a repeating shotgun, are my “home defense” weapons and stored loaded and ready for access (with or without breaking the glass). Can you do that?
Didn’t think so.