[Clemenza]

From what I hear, UK gun laws make Germany, to say nothing of New York State, look like Texas.

[pepsionice]

What pushed this entire episode...has been four incidents involving teenagers and weapons. In these cases, the teenagers started taking out numerous people...it wasn't a one-on-one type situation. In each case, the weapon was legally owned and legally maintained in the house by the parent. And in each case, the kid knew the combination to the gun cabinet or broke in. The Greens, along with most of the other big party players decided it was a major issue and started to crack down on private ownership entirely. Almost everyone agreed that violent movies and tv shows was the chief culprit of the episodes. One kid, 19 years old and facing expulsion from school (with no high school diploma, thus unemployable)...was whacked out on violent video games and was a heavy metal freak. This is the kid who took out a dozen of the teachers in his school before he terminated himself. Irking the gunowners is a lot easier than coming down hard on the video game industry.

[PatrioticAmerican]

When I lived in England, in the early 80's, it seemed that all a person could own was small caliber rifles and shotguns. Anything else wasn't worth the hassle.