Originally Posted by
swimfeeders
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Hi
Different Countries, different problems, different rules.
Assault Weapons have no other use than to kill people, so no need for them to be legal or available for sale.
The availability of weapons is a big problem, in my job in the USA, I would have been routinely armed, not so here in the UK.
Absolutely no need for it.
I have never carried or used a hand gun in public here in the UK.
They are only ever used by none Police or Military to dispatch an injured animal under certain conditions, they are otherwise illegal.
Long guns, single load, are permitted if you have a Certificate and a need to use them.
You are not permitted to carry them or use them in a Public Place without a Home Office Certificate.
Slaughterhouses, Race Courses are permitted them to put an animal out of pain.
They are also permitted in Rabies Control Areas, like Docks.
Illegal use of Firearms is very rare here in the UK and in the vast majority of cases it is in what we call, scum on scum, they are doing us a favour.