Oh how I lust after something like this

[Steve]

(3 July 2013, 21:53)NorthernRaider Wrote: perhaps one day the loony liberal left will scare themselves to death with their fear and hysteria driven socialist society and some common sense will return.

ahem....

Quote:In the aftermath of the Hungerford massacre, the Conservative government passed the Firearms (Amendment) Act 1988.[55] This confined semi-automatic and pump-action centre-fire rifles, military weapons firing explosive ammunition, short shotguns that had magazines, and both elevated pump-action and self-loading rifles to the Prohibited category.[56] Registration and secure storage of shotguns held on Shotgun Certificates became required, and shotguns with more than a 2+1 capacity came to need a Firearm Certificate. The law also introduced new restrictions on shotguns.

and...

Quote:The Firearms (Amendment) Act 1997 was introduced by the Conservative Government of John Major following the Dunblane Massacre.
It effectively banned the possession of all handguns other than those chambered for .22 Rim-fire cartridges by civilians in most of the United Kingdom by making them subject to Section Five (Prohibited Weapons) of the Firearms Acts.
Tony Blair's Labour Government followed later in the year with the Firearms (Amendment) (No. 2) Act 1997 which banned .22 handguns.