I too spent time there (same time frame)and there were many people with illegal guns in Scotland; just as there are millions of guns in North America that are not used to murder anyone. The will to use one to commit murder is the whole point here. I'm not in a cloud and "get real" still applies. Knives, axes (remember the ones made from roof slate and sawn off broom handles?)golf clubs, bows and arrows, bike chains etc, etc, etc...