firearms are tightly controlled in other countries

Theoretically, guns are against the law here in the UK, but they seem to be easier to get hold of these days, and the worrying trend is for young teenagers to be using them increasingly.

A gun in the hands of a teenager with volatile emotions is more worrying to me than one in the hands of an older person, who is less likely to kill you without good reason.

So I'm not sure they are 'tightly controlled' here, unfortunately. I don't know what the government is doing about it, apart from their pathetic response to lower the 'age of responsibility' for guns to 18 instead of 21. Fat lot of good that will do.

(All above IMO of course)