This thread is about civilian gun-ownership, nothing to do with the situation during WW2 or ancient historical weaponry.

And no, Wes, 'you' didn't bail 'us' out - 'you' stood by and watched for two years, (and, incidentally, made fortunes selling 'us' war materials for the whole 6 years), whilst 'our' people - soldiers, sailors, airmen and civilians, thousands upon thousands of them, died at the hands of a much bigger, stronger enemy, trying to defend ourselves and help our European allies, until Japan attacked one of 'your' distant outposts and forced 'you' to get involved. Even then, 'your' civilian population went virtually unscathed (1,700 killed of a pop. of 300 million plus) whilst 'ours' suffered 67,000 killed out of 50+million, mostly by German bombing of many of our cities and towns which went on night after night for many many months, running into years. So, your comment is completely out of order and shamefully disrespectful to the memory of those from the UK who fought and died in a conflict you can't even begin to imagine. Don't fucking lecture us about WW2 - my parents and thousands like them were fighting and dying while you pricks were tossing-off in the safety of The Land of The Free.

Did you read the third para of my 12:54 PM post, which answered your question about the UK's history, and the civilisation process the UK went through during the 20th century, which process the U.S. has yet to embark on, let alone achieve. Thought not.

And Musket, in his post of 11:24 AM, comprehensively answered your comments regarding guns in the UK, and explained the situation in respect of civilian gun-ownership. What's so difficult to understand about that?

Time I bailed out, otherwise I might start getting nasty.