anymore either. Your traditions of self-defense and an armed yeomanry were a major influence in the adoption of the 2nd Amendment over here.
In the UK, arms control has always been about people control. At the same time the British citizens were required to maintain arms, the Wesh, Scots, and Irish were disarmed.That the subjects which are Protestants may have Arms for their Defence suitable to their Conditions, and as allowed by Law. - English Bill of Rights - 1689
No major gun control was enacted in the UK until the Pistols Act in 1903. This act is really the beginning of modern era of people control portrayed as crime control. The official reasoning for the act was crime, the diving motivation was the "troubles" in Ireland. |
