[backwoods-engineer]

3—There are 2.3m legal rifles, shotguns and handguns in the UK. The idea that the UK has any guns is complete tosh, bad gun laws aside. I am a UK gun owner, so I know the facts and the myths.

2 Simple questions: (1) Can the average, non-rich, non-aristocrat keep a handgun in your home? (2) Can the same kind of person legally carry a handgun on your person?

Admit it: the answers to both are NO.

[the scotsman]

Handguns were restricted after the Dunblane shooting. And no loopholes for the rich. Kneejerk bad gun law. Overall, anyone with even moderate means can own guns, all reasonable priced as in the US.

I am afraid your earlier post was full of the usual ill-informed stereotypical UK ‘facts’ I read from the US. Hence my reply. I will be happy to correct any errors and answer any questions about the UK.

p.s 99.99% of British people aren’t aristocrats.

[Ax]

I spent five years in the UK in the 1970s. I hung out in a lot of different pubs throughout the realm. In almost every place, the customers seemed genuinely to revere HM Elizabeth II. They may not be so wild about the rest of the Royal Family but Her Majesty is A-OK.