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Originally Posted by Pierre
Banning of Handguns came after Dunblane, how many maniacs have gone on a shooting spree with a handgun in the UK since?
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The handgun ban (as it presently stands) was, imo, a strange knee jerk response to Dunblane.
You ask "how many maniacs have gone on a shooting spree with a handgun in the UK since?" as if the handgun ban had something to do with it but consider this: you can presently still buy a semi-automatic rifle and stick a 30 round mag into it. You can also possess a few thousand rounds of ammunition and as many 30 round mags as you want. Plenty to be getting on with for a killing spree if you were so inclined.
I therefore suspect that the lack of incidents in the UK is down to the difficulty in getting a gun license and stringent controls over owning guns. Nothing to do with banning handguns.
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Originally Posted by Paul M
Semi Automatic rifles are perfectly legal in the UK for .22 (which I assure you can kill).
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Exactly!
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Larger calibres are also allowed, just not actual semi-auto - but you could still easily kill a lot of people with them if you wanted.
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fyi, The Southern Gun Co. make a mod for their .223 caliber that all but turns it into a semi-auto.