England never had troops going house to house to lose their right to arms. They lost it gradually, bit by bit, through regulation. This essay explains it fairly well:
GUN REGISTRATION IS GUN CONFISCATION
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2608785/posts
“England never had troops going house to house to lose their right to arms. They lost it gradually, bit by bit, through regulation.”
Consider the government can ban the sale and ownership of ammunition at any time. Without ammunition, what good are the firearms?