And the source of their right is English common law and our own Bill of Rights ...Maggot wrote:You wont get the same affect as the states because they are a totally different culture. The gun has featured since the injuns were riding the plains, and is seen in a totally different way. It really is a right to own one over there, while here it is a priviledge.
Nevertheless, the right to bear arms in the US is subject to licensing regulations, but it is accepted that they do not infringe the Second Amendment because the regulation of a right is not necessarily equivalent to infringing the right.
I think the same applies in the UK because the Bill of Rights is still in force, but our governments have been allowed to be more aggressive in their regulation of our rights.