Originally Posted by DakarM
actually england only has a ban on hand guns that can be easily hidden.
you can still own shotguns and other rifles.
Knowing a few of England's naval community, I would have to say you're wrong.
In order to have a handgun in england, you have to be a member of an intelligence agency as a field operative, or in the military, and in both such cases, every weapon and round of ammunition has to be accounted for with miles of paperwork.
In order to have a rifle, you have to be a marching member of Her Majesty's Army.
In order to have a shotgun, you have to own a certain amount of land [can't remember how much], that can be hunted on, you're limited to 16 ga. maximum, no slugs or 00 buckshot, and your gun and ammo [only one box!] have to be locked up in safes, at opposing ends of the house.
I'm for free, unrestricted firearms ownership. I'd rather have someone wondering what exactly I have than to have a database to look it all up in.
Of course, I also believe in the death penalty, and that anyone convicted of assualt or murder with a firearm be put to death by firing squad [I love irony
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These are my opinions, and I have no desire to waste time defending them against anyone who disagrees. [and yes I know how devastating a full auto sub-machine gun can be, but do you know how much ammo costs for those things? Burning through $25 worth of ammo in 15 seconds is not fun on the wallet, fun at the range, MAYBE once a month, but that's about it]