nearmiss, it's a common misconception, the UK citizen haven't been deprived of the right to bear arms, you can still have bolt action rifles, shotguns and semiauto 22s, I think it's more of a case of being deprived of common sense..
It's a good ol' Empire thing to show that things can be done their way and be right (take the driving on the other side for instance), especially when they're blatantly unorthodox. Truth is that people live a bit in denial here, and even when things affect them personally, they sit and wonder why nobody came to the rescue..
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