I've missed most of this thread, so, if it's been said already, I apologise:

"...After Dunblane (16 five year old kids and their Teacher killed in a gym) we had to do something..."

I found it amusing that the majority of 'anti-gunners' I've seen and/or met drive cars or are driven.

More children are killed in London in a month than were killed in the whole year of Dunblane. Perhaps "Saint Ann" bryson (or whatever her name was) would have been better trying to ban cars.

If the loony with the gun had chosen to get tanked up and drive his car into the school gates when the kids were coming out, whould there have been such a outcry against cars? I think not. Responsible gun owners were an easy target (especially for the tabloids).

Remember, making gun ownership illegal only affected LEGAL gun owners
(and before anyone else says it, yes, I know Hamilton had a licence, but at least one of the weapons he used wasn't on it).

Embittered ex-pistol shooter

Walrus