The reason that we have so few rampages is that the legally owned guns are only obtained after someone has been a probationary member of a gun club for 3-6 months. This means that the probationer has been sat round a table with existing club members for that long, interacting and talking before they are eligible to apply for a license. Then a policeman comes round to their house and has a chat with them about why they want a gun or guns and how they are going to secure them and what will happen if those guns aren't properly secured
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SGC actually do Lever Release rifles, which are like semi auto, but you have to release the bolt again after each shot by flicking a lever.
That makes things slightly slower than just having to pull the trigger, as each shot requires two actions, but I can still rattle shots off pretty quick if necessary.
Handguns btw are not banned as such, they just have to follow certain rules.
The barrel must be 30cm, and the overall length 60cm, which means they look like they have a silencer fitted, and have a weird extension off the hand grip.
You can buy semi auto .22 handguns, as well as .357 & .45 revolvers.
The whole point of the changes was to make it hard to conceal them, not ban them.
The reason we dont have these shootings in the UK is because you have to pass much more stringent checks to own guns, not because you cannot own them.
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The reason we dont have these shootings in the UK is because you have to pass much more stringent checks to own guns, not because you cannot own them.
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And that, imo, is how the USA should go....