UKIP leader Nigel Farage wants to reinstate civilian's gun rights at home.

Don't be silly. You know exactly what I mean. If there are no firearms generally within living memory, there's no responsibility or culture of them.

It'll be like the US. Daily shooting in Schools, Colleges, Universities.

Crazy crazy idea.

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when the guns were pretty much banned (except for certain cases, e.g. farmers, etc) in 1997 gun crime was still increasing for roughly a decade after it, so how can we conclude that this decrease in guncrime is a result of the ban when there was no decrease in crime directly after the ban came into place to suggest such an effect? all crime in general in the uk is falling during this time period, that's probably the reason why guncrime is falling - it's not falling in isolation due to some specific reason. so gun crime relatively is the same as all other crime which is based on things not being banned. it's most likely not falling because of a ban, or else we'd have seen the effect of that earlier on; effects of gun bans most likely don't take effect with a decade of delay

I just mean that people rebel, and introducing a ban is obviously not going to stop supply (similar to drugs being illegal.)

I didn't mean that the ban caused a decrease in 2007, I just meant that if gun crime is reducing, I don't think now is the time to increase demand for people who don't deserve a firearm

legalising guns doesn't mean we can't have background checks

I know, but I feel like if it were to be legalised, it would be very similar to the procedure put in place in the USA (which is obviously not the best)

or we could have the system in switzerland?

Crudely, right wing people would like guns legalised for protective purposes and left wing people want marijuana legalised. Shows the varying priorities.