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Originally Posted by Sternjaeger II

ok, so can you tell me off the top of your head what are the procedures and rules in act at the moment to obtain a gun license, what kind of guns you can get and what kind of licenses are out there? I'm afraid that the bigot here is you, who can't think of a suitable solution just cos you have no interest or are afraid of something, so you wipe it off.

I'm happy with the current situation, ie: Total ban on Handguns and Semi Automatics.

Originally Posted by Sternjaeger II

decoys? I'm just giving parallel examples that can help you see things without the "bad firearms!" blindfold..

I have never once in this discussion said that guns are bad or good, it's you who keeps making this about good and bad, not me.

Originally Posted by Sternjaeger II

there we go, another example of not actually reading my posts.. I have NEVER said RELAX gun laws, just make them more adequate and you won't need to prohibit only certain guns..

More adequate? You mean lift the ban on Handguns and Semi's? That's relaxing in my opinion.

Originally Posted by Sternjaeger II

As for the 3 massacres (since WW2) that you mentioned, I think they're a drop in an ocean of murder and violence that we're surrounded by, the firearms became the scapegoat, but the responsibility was in the institutions that deemed that people suitable for gun detention.

The only people responsible were the shooters, they all had gun licences, so they passed the criteria at the time. The reason you can't own a semi automatic is Michael Ryan. The reason you can't own a handgun is Thomas Hamilton. Not because the system failed, they failed, as gun owners. You want a nanny state whilst not wanting nanny state, if they are banned there is no grey area.

Originally Posted by Sternjaeger II

You know when I mentioned the fact that if you're ignorant on the topic you can't understand? The gun club social reality I was talking about is a perfect example of how a simple thing like attending such clubs can be a solution to spot loonies (like it happens in Switzerland), but you can't understand this obviously unless you ever frequented one.

The obvious soultion here is that you move to Switzerland.

Originally Posted by Sternjaeger II

oh, for the love of... ok, again..

1) Whoever wants to get a license should have a clean penal record (him and everybody in his close family and/or living in the same household).
2) You need a series of psychological tests to assess whether you are at risk of developing socio-path behaviour. People with childhood traumatic experiences or any other condition shouldn't be allowed to own firearms.
3) There should be different levels of gun holding licenses (according to the firearm possessed), each coming with mandatory training session and responsibility of safe storage
4) You will need to frequent your local gun club and integrate in social activities, i.e. events, competitions, open days etc..
5) the police can come and check at anytime that you have everything stored safely
6) you will do recurrent tests or short visits to local doctors who can check on your psychological status.

Er, isn't that pretty much the current UK situation? We have Shotgun licences, and seperate firearms licences, you have to have your medical records checked, you have to have safe storage, you have to be a member of a gun club or designate the land where the guns will be used.

As for ongoing mental health checks, very, very hard to seperate the 'loonies'
as you call them from the responsible gun owners (if responsible gun owner isn't an oxy-moron)

Fact is all you have to do is show 'good reason' and as far as I'm concerned, looking a them, or firing them at weekends isn't a good enough reason to own a handgun or a semi, thankfully this also appears to be the stance taken inthe UK towards that type of gun ownership.

You want to collect or shoot a handgun / Semi / Machine gun in the UK?
You can't, why? Because people with legally held weapons went on a killing spree. We banned them because of legal gun owners, not criminals with guns. Like I said if you don't like it, move to Switzerland.