Britain's gun laws.

 

How do gun deaths in Britain compare with deaths arising from industrial accidents or deaths on the road or knife crime, or street violence? They pale into insignificance, even though there are many people who own legal firearms in Britain.

You have more chance of being killed crossing the road in Britain than you have being shot by a gun. So why are the police being so alarmist? Basically, because the police and the government don't like the hoi polloi having access to firearms. The constant tightening up of gun laws in Britain has more to do with social class than it has to do with preventing gun deaths or any war against people living in the countryside.

There's a presumption in Britain that hunting and shooting should be the preserve of aristocrats, wealthy landowners and the green welly brigade. Britain already has the strictest and most complicated gun laws in the world. It's not easy to own a legal firearm in Britain and it shouldn't be easy.

Unless you are a member of a gun club, you will have no chance of getting a Section 1 Firearms Certificate. You have to show good reason for wanting a gun and all gun clubs run section 21 police checks if you apply to be a member. If you have served a 3 year or more term of imprisonment, you are prohibited from owning or possessing a firearm for life. This also applies to suspended sentences. If you have served less than 3 years in prison, you are prohibited from owning or possessing a gun for five years after leaving prison. If you lie when