The problem, as always, comes from our appalling government. They believe that making it incresingly harder for ordinary,law-abiding citizens to obtain the licence needed for gun ownership,thus reducing the number of legally-held firearms,is somehow going to reduce the number of gun-related crimes !!! They, and especially the traitor and criminal Tony Blair, do not have the intelligence to realise that no potential bank-robber or murderer is going to be stupid enough to apply for a permit,so that he or she can then buy a registered & traceable firearm !!!Rather, they will go to an underworld dealer in a pub or bar in London, or some other big city, where,as everybody knows (except the police ) it is relatively easy to obtain firearms & ammunition , due to the large quantities of same being smuggled into the UK from the Continent, under the noses of our two border guards, Pete & Dave, in Dover. Making it a "capital" ( ie Hanging ) offence to be in illegal possession of a firearm, to use one in a murder or robbery,or to import and distribute weapons and ammunition, would have,of course,a profound effect on gun -crime statistics, but then it would infringe criminals" " Human Rights ", although Tony Blair and his mad cronies don"t give a toss about the Human Rights of Joe Public !! So while the current bunch of lunatics have the reins of power in their blood-soaked hands, the situation can only get worse.