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Guns. Woken up to 2 news stories here in the UK.
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<blockquote data-quote="SuZir" data-source="post: 662867" data-attributes="member: 14557"><p>We have lots of guns, mostly long guns, though, and much less gun related violence than USA (we like to kill each others with knives instead.)</p><p></p><p>To buy a gun you need permission from police. To get one you need to tell why you need a gun, why you need a type of gun you are going to buy, how you plan to keep gun and you have to take basic psychological test that goes through mostly your attitudes. After passing that you have to talk with Police officer, your record is checked and you will get a buying permission. Licences are also easily revoked if you commit more serious crimes or crimes that suggest you may abuse substances. </p><p></p><p>If police officer is on doubt they may ask to provide other proof, like doctors note etc. But for everyone I know who have been buying guns it has been rather simple process. It tends to take couple weeks, depending how busy police is, but it is still accessible and in fact works quite well. And most criminals certainly do not have guns. For example over 95 % of robberies to grocery stores etc. are committed with knife, scissors or axe, or at times toy gun. It is very rare a street criminal would have a gun.</p><p></p><p>It is bit of bother, but if you have reasonably clean record and you have a need for a gun and you are about 'normal person' you will get a gun that you have a need for. </p><p></p><p>Handguns are more difficult to get, you basically need to be an avid target shooter, because 'protection' is not considered legitimate reason to own a gun, but that of course is just matter of policy.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SuZir, post: 662867, member: 14557"] We have lots of guns, mostly long guns, though, and much less gun related violence than USA (we like to kill each others with knives instead.) To buy a gun you need permission from police. To get one you need to tell why you need a gun, why you need a type of gun you are going to buy, how you plan to keep gun and you have to take basic psychological test that goes through mostly your attitudes. After passing that you have to talk with Police officer, your record is checked and you will get a buying permission. Licences are also easily revoked if you commit more serious crimes or crimes that suggest you may abuse substances. If police officer is on doubt they may ask to provide other proof, like doctors note etc. But for everyone I know who have been buying guns it has been rather simple process. It tends to take couple weeks, depending how busy police is, but it is still accessible and in fact works quite well. And most criminals certainly do not have guns. For example over 95 % of robberies to grocery stores etc. are committed with knife, scissors or axe, or at times toy gun. It is very rare a street criminal would have a gun. It is bit of bother, but if you have reasonably clean record and you have a need for a gun and you are about 'normal person' you will get a gun that you have a need for. Handguns are more difficult to get, you basically need to be an avid target shooter, because 'protection' is not considered legitimate reason to own a gun, but that of course is just matter of policy. [/QUOTE]
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