The uk has no constitutional amendment process. Nothing that guarantees or protects freedom or limits government taking away rights of law abiding folks.
They can change laws on any particular whim or emotion at the drop of a hat. Freedom gone in an instant on hyped-up feelings.
The United States no longer has a process to preserve our Constitution.
I had a meeting with my MP (this was during the build-up to the election).
He told me and several others (point blank) that they needed a complete ban as ‘The Sun’ newspaper was calling for one and they needed that papers support in the upcoming election.
This was never about public safety, it was about winning an election. It was political from the outset. We will never know the full story, the full report was sealed for about 100 years if I recall.
On the contrary, in the UK constitutional change is extremely hard to do, and happens very slowly if at all. And no rights can be taken away on ‘government whim’. The point about guns in the UK is that gun ownership has never been seen, by any part of the political spectrum, or by public opinion, as a constitutional issue. The distinction between the US and UK on this matter has always been primarily cultural, not political.