[PLMerite]

"2—As a gun owner, I never felt the need to buy an assault rifle. I am not sure why you would need one. I find my rifle, shotgun and semi-auto pistols do the job for shooting and self-defence. Assault rifles are great (I used them for seven years in the military), as a home gun, they are a bit superfluous imo."

If your government doesn't trust you to keep one of these in your home, loaded, they don't really trust you.

[the scotsman]

The 1988 ban was kneejerk, in so much as Michael Ryan was one of a tiny number in the UK that actually owned one. Even UK handguns were/are a minority. Most UK guns have always been shotguns and rifles.