[ian@huth]

That sort of things makes me laugh. An airgun can cause injury or death so lets ban them. Taking that view we should ban virtually everything on Earth including human beings. An unarmed human being can kill another with only his bare hands.

Banning anything or requiring it to be licenced doesn't stop anything. There will always be ways and means to acquire the relevant object and if it is to be used for criminal activities the owner isn't going to be too bothered about the law and licensing. Just like the identity card issue where the introduction of them isn't going to alter the fact that terrorists will still if determined enough go on to perpetrate the atrocity they are intent on performing.