If guns were legal in the UK, would you own and carry one?
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I would own one, but only keep it in my bedroom
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This lol. I wouldn't trust myself with a pistol.
I'd rather own a crossbow actually.
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Although I am aware you can apply to the police station for a gun licence in the UK. Granted you have a viable reason for wanting one (e.g farmer).
lol...delightfully put
Handguns and concealed carry are actually legal in the UK, in Northern Ireland, and handguns are still legal in the Isle of Man and Channel Islands.
But strangely not in any other European country.
I took my air pistol in once and got suspended.
Keeping it in your bedroom would mean that you would be unprotected in the other rooms in the house. Especially the bathroom. You wouldn't want to get assassinated in the shower, right?
Waste of time. You'd have done more damage by throwing the pellets instead of putting them in that feeble gat.
True enough, but I thought I was so cool.
Anyway, I don't think I'd own one and keep it at home. I wouldn't rule out joining a gun club if they were commonplace, either keeping one there or hiring one and shooting targets.
Thing is, as anyone who has handled pistols will tell you, they are actually heavy, awkward things to carrry around with you. Heck, I can't be arsed to take my mobile phone everywhere with me. Imagine a kilogramme of loaded 9mm pistol dragging on your belt all the time. The Yanks who can be bothered must be really paranoid to do this. If it was allowed, I would have no qualms about keeping a pistol in the glove compartment of the car. I would regard it as any other piece of emergency equipment.