Did I say there were no guns? I think not. Sorry if I gave that impresion. The main point was that it was not common practice to carry them around for protection as MarkS's post seemd to imply.

I thought that my post made that clear but obviously not. I will rephrase.

Before gun ban. Guns carried by baddies. Baddies locked up.
After gun ban. Guns carried by baddies. Goodies locked up.
What do we do? Dunno:-(

Better? ;-)

Cheers

DtG