Should the right to buy a gun be given back to all citizens of United Kingdom.?

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Frances Fullafrogs

Definitely not. They're not legal and gun crime is bad enough as it is.
Things would not be better if everyone could get hold of one.

FoodLOVER

Um, not even the police officers in the UK have guns. Letting people buy them would be asking for trouble.

penny century

Given back to?

Gun ownership as a constitutional right is not something that the British have ever had. That is why we dont have the uncontrollable homicide rate that the USA pretends is a minority factor.

Mr Sceptic

Hmmm.

USA, where everyone can carry a gun; 15 000 gun homicides annually.

UK, where we don't have this 'right'; less than 100 gun homicides annually.

Do you think there could be some link between having a gun and shooting people; and not having a gun and not shooting people?

stratmanreturns

Since when are citizens of the UK denied the right to buy a gun? If you have a shotgun licence you can buy a shotgun but not one with automatic or magazine capability. If you have a firearms certificate you can buy and keep a rifle, pistol, or air weapon over certain specifications.
Permit or licence applications are subject to age restrictions, criminal records, secure storage facilities, areas of usage and other conditions that may be required by local Chief Constables.

jimbobb1

I would not say to all of the citizens. I think there should be a mandatory gun course that you must pass as well as a background check to help weed out the criminals.

Up your Maslow

Only if you want to get rid of "all citizens of the UK".

Heather D

all gun should be banned, the amercians have the right to arm and look what happens over there, in my opinion, if you carry a gun you intend to use it

zen_cop

No guns serve no practical purpose to everyday citizens. And the use of machines designed for killing in a hobby is contemptable.

The more guns out there, the easier it is for criminals to get them.

Chay D

Definitely not, it's bad enough with people illegally owning guns. It'll just end up turning into an arms-race between criminals and everyone else.

mickey

only if you want your crime rate to be as high as america's

Mordent

No. What possible difference would it make, except massively increase gun crime? More people having guns means more people will use them - it's not rocket science.

rinkrat

Only if you want your gun-related crimes, injuries and deaths to skyrocket to levels like in the US.

minimetro

Bring back swords. We should all carry a sword.

No way

CluelessOne

NO!

sonyack

Here in the US there are always news items featuring the shooting of people with guns and the accidental shooting of kids by kids who find daddy's gun.

So since the UK has somehow gotten guns out of the hands of British subjects, there should be very little of that sort of thing going on.

Criminals, whether there is gun ownership or not, would and do get the same amount of guns and use them in the same circumstances. So I would say that keeping guns out of the public's hands would decrease the injuries and deaths from gun related incidents, while not increasing criminal possession and use.

angie

Personally I think not.

There is already to much violence in the world ( Not just UK ).

Any weapons we can take off the streets and keep off the streets can only benefit society.

stevie *

Heck yes. A person has a right to defend their own life, family and property from thugs.

xXx Orange Breezer xXx

Nooooooooo way

Rocky

To buy gun, to do what?
Are you serious?
Enough homocide in the UK without having the right to buy gun. U want it more?

router

Most definately not. We got enough people going around stabbing eachother, without giving em a firearm.
y god dont you realise the implications of someone letting Blair near a pistol, man cant even cut his own veg.

ammie

No no no

Engineering Tech

heck no

Ahwell

Not unless they can prove they need one, or are mentally stable enough to take on such responsibilty. You give guns to just anyone and they'll start shooting away at anyone and everything that annoys them and that could be you. See the bigger picture.
Make guns so easy to get and every little petty scumbag will have one. Is that what you want, a society where everyone shoots everyone else?

carole

NO, look what happened in the US.

david f

Good God! There are quite enough nutters out there already without making it easy for them to arm themselves.

no. look what happens in the american schools - metal detectors at every entrance! oh yeah, secure surroundings! if everyone is allowed guns, that will only make the criminals think it's acceptable to go around shooting people. blooming america

R 1

Only to people without a criminal record. GUNS SAVES LIVES .COM

thelightedtorch

Yes of course. The idea that murderers, rapists, and thieves will stop at violating gun laws is absurd. Every time the UK increased the level of gun control, other violent crime skyrocketed. The reason is simple. Now the victims can't fight back. The occurences of "hot" burgleries, or break-ins where the residents are home, have increased greatly. The majority of violent crimes in the United States, especially ones involving gun violence, occur in the large cities, where law abiding citizens aren't allowed to arm themselves. If gun bans worked, then Detroit and Washington D.C. would be the safest places in America. Reality, however says quite the opposite. They're two of the most dangerous places in the US.

Besides, people should have the opportunity to bear arms in order to defend themselves from the government. One of the classic steps to subduing any populace is to disarm them. The British did it to the Scottish, the Irish, the Welsh, and now their own people. Don't think people need guns to defend themselves? The Arab government in Sudan disarmed the black inhabitants of Darfour. Then started to massacre them. Hitler disarmed the Germans before systematically exterminating some them. The Jews might not have been able stand against the Vermacht for long, but didn't they deserve the chance to defend themselves? Britain isn't at the point where the citizens need to rise up. But things can change. You never know what will happen in the future. By the time you realize anything is wrong, it will be too late. You will all be sheep.

crusaderHawk

No. It is the sign of a backward society. Have you heard of the Dunblane tragedy and the way 'citizens of United Kingdom', reacted to it? Most British people do not have the need for guns. Gun's breed gun's and violence. Shotgun's and small firearms is strictly controlled and registered to a trusted minority, those who are privileged to own one. That's not to say 'gun culture' and gun crime isn't a huge problem and on the increase in Britain.
The root is obvious.

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