UK Gun Laws Explained
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- Guns are heavily restricted in the U.K. but contrary to what many people believe including many brits - owning a firearm is not illegal.
On average, Britain has 6.5 guns per 100 people, compared to the USA, which has 101 guns per 100 people, according to the Small Arms Survey. Unlike the Americans with the 2nd amendment Gun ownership in the U.K. is a privilege, not a right. Whether or not this is the right approach is not up for debate in this video but feel free to discuss it at length in the comments section.
Firearms control in the U.K. is among the toughest in the world, and firearms offenses continue to make up less than 0.2 percent of recorded crime.
As you would expect with such low gun ownership, gun related death are incredibly rare. According to the Geneva declaration of Armed violence and development, it stands at 1 death per million people per year. The UK population is around 56 million people and only adds up to about 50-60 gun homicides annually.
The rules around gun ownership can vary depending on where you are in the UK particularly in Northern Ireland where due to the Good Friday agreement the laws are much less restrictive and over 5% of the population own a firearm though these gun owners are not permitted to transport their weapons to mainland Britain.
So who in general can obtain a firearm?
To possess or purchase a firearm an individual must be assessed as not posing a threat to public safety by the police, who act as the licensing authority. In addition, the individual must have good reason to own a firearm and be able to demonstrate to the licensing authority that they require their firearm for work, sport or leisure on a regular, legitimate basis such as being a member of a target-shooting club. The reason the police are the licensing authority is that they possess local information that helps inform their judgment and discretion over what constitutes a good reason is often left up to chief officers.
To obtain a firearm in the UK a person must undergo a strict vetting procedure which includes interviews, visits to the person’s property, criminal records checks and references from friends. In addition, the applicant’s GP may be contacted.
Once a firearm license is issued and paid for the licensed individual must store their guns securely to avoid access by any unlicensed person.
What firearms are licensed?
Unless declared 'specially dangerous by the firearms (dangerous air weapons rules) 1969 Low powered air weapons are generally not licensed In England and Wales.
It is often said that Handguns are outright banned which is not strictly true. An individual may own long-barrelled revolvers and long-barrelled pistols which are defined with a barrel at least 30cm in length and the firearm is at least 60cm long Long-barrelled single-shot firearms of any caliber, and semi-automatic pistols of .22 rimfire calibers, are permitted with Firearms certificate. Those that fall below measurements and do not meet these criteria would be considered a “pistol” in UK law and are effectively banned with the exception of muzzle-loading pistols-including muzzle-loading revolvers which are permitted as long as they meet the criteria set forth in the regulations. All other pistols are prohibited in Great Britain.
Shotguns are legal as long as they can't hold more than three shotgun shells - including the one in the chamber if it's a pump-action or semiautomatic shotgun are allowed on a shotgun certificate, however, Shotguns with a detachable magazine or larger fixed magazine are permitted on a Section 1 Firearm Certificate.
Rifles are also permitted - these are defined by UK law as a rifled firearm with a barrel longer than 30 cm (12 in), and a total length of the rifles as longer than 60 cm (24 in) and that does not fall under the classification of long-barrelled revolver or pistol. These are permitted in any caliber size as long as it doesn’t meet the definition of self-loading (semi-automatic) or pump action which are only permitted at a .22 rimfire caliber
What might surprise you is that under UK law is that you can own the following weaponry - with the correct licensing of course
the M & P 15-22 which is based on the AR15,
Heckler & Koch HK416
Semi-automatic .22 Heckler & Koch MP5
Ruger 10/22
Beretta ARX 160
as long as the Calibre is under .22 rimfire you can own a UZI.
So next time someone says the UK banned guns - we didn’t but we do strongly restrict and control who can own firearms and what firearms can be owned - and generally speaking culturally we don’t have the same affinity or interest in firearms as our American cousins
Whether that’s a good or bad thing I will leave up to you?
So let me know in the comments your thoughts on the UK's approach to gun laws I would love to hear it? Does it shock you? Concern you?
Hello Viewer!
Corrections:. UK population at the time of making the video was appox 65 million (/66) not 56 million, got the numbers the wrong way around
Also Gun homicides were approximately 30 in 2018 not 60. www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/crimeandjustice/articles/homicideinenglandandwales/yearendingmarch2018#:~:text=There%20were%2029%20homicide%20victims,over%20the%20last%20six%20years.
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You missed out the Obsolete calibre guns (7.5mm Schmidt Rubin rifles for example) which requires no license to own
clearly explained video.....but what about the following....deactivated firearms, obsolete calibre, replica's, blank firing, airsoft, air rifles and pistols that are replicas of all different firearms including uzis…….these are all covered under more levels of laws, which can be very complicated and a minefield for buyers and sellers alike.
@@namestick6133 1889 can by disputed as 7.5x55 will fire in it.
The gp90 has been obsolete since the 30s but gp11 is still available.
A small number of police (compared to the total population) killed more people without using any guns, than the whole population killed each other with guns.
Excellent video:). After several mass shootings in the UK several decades ago, the country did push tough regulation. Obviously when you outlaw guns, only the outlaws will have guns. Crime went up, and Joyce Malcolm wrote a book on the British experiment. But with increased police spending crime rates dropped. My only issue is that all sides in the gun debate have correct points to make. UK, especially London, has high levels of violent crime. Stop and search never works and only promotes racism. Perhaps a reduction in gun regulation is apt in the case of UK. Sorry I had to get into politics.
Remember that the 101 guns per 100 person figure is only including guns that the government actually knows about. We have way more.
Good. Then the government(when it eventually becomes tyrannical) will severely underestimate the population's fire power and fail to subjugate the people. Then with a grand counterattack we shall topple the tyrants and save the republic.
@Daniel Henderson Why not?
@@theeternalsuperstar3773 what republic
well I'm not sure about you but this seems like such a strange thing to brag about.
@Daniel Henderson Ou-wee, did a more intelligent human being hurt your poor little feelings? He didn't even proper insult you.
Fun side note actually in the UK it's much easier to aquire a suppressor than in the USA lol
I know, I was surprised when I head that rule.
Also true! Suppressors are common place on rifles in the UK
Guns are too loud, no need to hurt ur ears
I always have so much appreciation when someone has one on range
Bro even the ATF thinks that suppressors shouldn’t be so hard to get.
"we didn't ban guns, but 99% of them"
99.9
James Horth 99.99%
99.999%
Perhaps the Brits would be more comfortable with the term " _Virtual_ gun ban."
We don't ban guns. Only the fun ones.
Meanwhile almost every single swiss male has an assault rifle at home, no gun crime to be found
Yes but that's a product of everyone being military and being trained from a young age to handle firearms responsibly
@@Darkphantom9090 no its the fact the swiss havce a lower oulation and better mental health treatment the usa is 34th in mental health i beleive and thats what causes their roblems
@@johnnybobbony7800 also due to the fact they are in europe and don't border with some of the most dangerous countries in the world.
@@blazortheepic0384 well Ukraine and places like that but European country’s keep their peoples mental health in order so they don’t feel the need to shoot places up but defiantly in the western part of Europe they don’t border with dangerous countrys
@@johnnybobbony7800 There is reasonable population density in Switzerland compared to the US. One of the differences is they are super super wealthy, and they have all done military service. It is also REQUIRED by law that they keep them and - its changed somewhat but about 2,000 rounds of ammunition as well?
I think it is very poor of you to try to equate crime to mental illness - mental illness is castigated enough.
“Single shot rifles are legal in any caliber” any caliber you say * loads 20 mm aircraft round*
Are "mounted" rifles also legal? *Slowly loads Hollister"
„Short barrel pistols are illegal“ welp, let me get my 20mm aircraft rifle out for self defense
arnt you thinking a bit small there? bolt action anti material rifle anybody? 30mm+?
AA guns? *prepares to shoot down fighter jet*
What do you mean I can't legally use my short barreled hand gun? Fine. I guess I'll use the 7.62 anti aircraft guns on my MIG-15.
As an American, I do indeed go out into the streets and shout "I LOVE GUNS"
XD
yeah hearing the entire city do that would probably be a good way to get you up in the morning. they should make that mandatory for all gun owners
@@ausore9832 They should make suppressors mandatory for firearms of caliber greater than 7.62/.30 - shit's super loud even on outdoor ranges with ear pro.
@@DSiren Fucking short barrel .556 AR's at an indoor range are a great way to get hearing damage or better yet a shorty .300 blackout.
As an American i cannot wrap my mind around amything involving gun laws.
I have lots of guns
I go to work 7 days a week. I pay my taxes.
I dont hurt anyone.
(And keep in mind i have a spiky mohwak haircut,, my cars look like somthing out of the next mad max movie.
And i do not go to church.
But it confuses me.
In states that have less restrictive gun laws.
(Legally attaned firearms)
There is less crime.
Like....im a total punk rock fuck the systems type of guy.
But i know any gun i buy will never EVER hurt an innocent person
Guns are a tool used to protect the innocentamd also to protect from dangers foreign and domestic.....
It's easier to get a gun illegally than legally in the UK 😂😂
@John Smith I guess you have never been into a suburb of basically any major city in the UK. I can gaurantee that if you asked a few people on street corners, someone would have connections that could get you a gun. It's sad but it's true
@John Smith it's easy, I know guys who own guns. I know someone who makes them, but he doesn't just give them away of course. I haven't got one, but if I wanted one (or anyone in my town) it'd be incredibly easy to get one. I
@@eddietasker9110 which town are you from?
@@StikiFing4z not true. Twice I've met complete strangers try to sell me guns. Once on the bus as well, the guy was crazy.
@Mohammed Ali the g needing one is sad
Considering that you guys are the reason we have guns, I’m not surprised at these laws
🤣🤣🤣
fucking savage comment.
Hell yeah brother.
Death to America! 300 million dead men walking
@@helloworld4990 300 million men willing to turn you to a pack more like it
It should be noted, the H&Ks and Uzi, are simply H&K and Uzi- shaped objects that fire 22LR. They aren't actually H&KS or Uzis.
Sorry if this is a dumb question, as someone in the uk, what makes it an uzi or h&k? Is it the brand
@Duke Tango you can get an AK that fires 7.62 too.It just has to be straight pull.Its not stupid because who the fuck needs an automatic weapon.
@@halflucky3174 they are brands.
@@halflucky3174 H&K is a german gun company, Uzi is an Israeli SMG.
If it's made by H&K then it is an H&K no matter the calibre
Just thought I'd mention that while surpressors (sometimes mistakenly called silencers) are legal in the UK (and in some areas actually encouraged to cut down on noise complaints) they are completely illegal in certain US States.
Robert Leather funny you should say that “suppressors” are mistakenly called “silencers” as this is not true, the inventor (Hiram Percy Maxim) actually advertised them as “Maxim Silencers”.
@@nickelbackfan he patented it as that aswel
Robert and to help keep range staffs hearing safe.
Yes. Theyre still possible to get in the U.S in most states, but you have to pay a 200 dollar tax stamp plus you have to wait months for the paperwork to go through since its a heavily restricted, and you have to pay the price for the suppressor itself too. So you'll basically be paying atleast 300 bucks for a suppressor. I'm sure you can get some under 100, but generally they won't be of good quality. They should be inexpensive, but are rather expensive since they have low demand and are heavily restricted.
Fucking laws man.
Silencers mistakenly called suppressors*
Truth is you can call them what you like, unless your a snob no one cares if they know what you mean.
Who needs a gun if I have a knife?
-guy in Birmingham
lmao
Guy in anywhere in England
Or acid
@@hongsonchu7431 nah that's a fucking pussy weapon..it's an unwritten rule that only pagens use acid
some bloke tried to sell me some coke (not a joke)
This channel deserves SO Many more followers just for the simple yet not so simple, extremely time consuming and challenging, awesome freaking editing . Love the draw over deal. Good work
And you also don't sell RPG's in the local Tesco.
Check the room in the back.
we do in asda though lol check the attic
noted
You find em on the roof
Check the secret section in Tesco
Also folding stocks are legal in the UK providing they meet the 12 inch barrel 24 inch overall length rule. I recently purchased and posted a picture of my new GSG mp40 and my USA friends told me i will go to jail if i get caught with that, until I reminded them i was in the UK
we have it safe
Well lol we r allowed all the guns illegal in America lol
@@StealthyDrake12 clapped
So what do you use that for? Shooting range?
@@212th hunting too
There have been several documentaries that have met with gangs in London. They took one reporter to a flat. The kid (circa 16/17) pulled a large cardboard box out from under his bed and showed it to be half full of assorted handguns. In another they were showing the reporter that they went armed daily with no apparent issues.
Meanwhile we have ordinary people getting arrested for carrying a penknife or multi tool. Its idiocy!
I had to reread this as i thought you were talking about California as i did not see the part where you said London
More American than most Americans
Gangsters usually only target other gangsters and when they don't they usually are looking for money not blood and when a murder does occur it is usually from someone the victim was affiliated with. Very low odds of just random murder.
@Crack Man77 calm down, ur sounding like ur cousins from accross the pond there crack man
@@warytrout7551 too much crack for crack man
It's a myth that the stricter gun control in more recent years is the sole reason the UK has low firearm homicide. It always has done. Look back at the firearm homicide rate before the laws were strict, it was still extremely low. It's a cultural thing.
Yet now they ban knives and pepper spray
Demographic thing.
@@gushko Which doesn't work at all.
Honestly found it ridiculous that you cant own pepper spray in the U.K. when i looked into getting one it seemed so ridiculous I couldn't!@gushko
When you're watching this in the UK and hear knocking at the door... lol
I press pause and go and answer the door. What's the problem?
@@obugger Joke that the goverment is watching u.
@@D-049 everyone who is connected to the internet is being watched by their own govt (as well as others possibly)
Literally
@@Sam-og3lo not necessarily lol the government don’t go around tracking every single person in a country, generally it’s the people who are connected to gangs/terrorist organisations or people who are recently released from jail/prison.
Sounds like our gun laws in norway pretty much if you remove the caliber restriction (as long as it is under .50 cal) and magazine capacity restrictions
You can basically own a .50 cal in the UK if it’s single shot
@@HorseMeal *BFG .50 INTENSIFIES*
@@HorseMeal As long it's bolt action then, yes, you can!
yea we got it good here in austria, have been almost identical with swizz laws until the (god fucking damn) EU banned high cap magazines and now we are limited to 20 rounds for Pistols and 10 rounds for rifles (you can easily obtain a special license for owning larger magazines though).
You dont need a license for bolt action rifles and shotguns, license for semi auto rifles, pistols and shotguns costs like 500€ and you need to do a weapons safety course.
If you want to own fully automatic rifles and pistols, you will need a special permit that is RATHER hard to get if you dont have any contacts. For obviouse reasons, the state dislikes giving away these special licenses to normal citizens (if you are a collector you can get it quite easily).
Oh also open and conceald carry is legal with a carry license that you can optain rather easily.
Its very similar is switzerland too just that like almost every household here owns a gun.. a reason for that is because after the age of 18 men are obligated to join the army for a short period of time.. after the recruitment we get a gun license ( they do some mental checks, background checks etc too).. if passed we get a free rifle, gun.. depending on position snd licence u get munition too
Gotta love this coming into my recommended a day after a man with a firearm raided a college
@@harrier331 did you not read the news? He was holding a blank gun in his right hand but his left arm was on fire.
Crawley college?
@@nick.t1243 yes
Oh shit I forgot about that
@@n_tas his left arm was on fire? That sounds painful
this just makes me sad hearing, as the day I turned 18 I walked into a gun store, showed them my id and walked out with an m1 Garand and have loved it ever since
What you will never experience is the public safety and the relaxed police in the UK. In the US the police and the public are mutually afraid of each other, because anyone can pull a gun in a second and kill someone. In the UK, this doesn't happen. The police doesn't need to be afraid of random members of the public murdering them with a firearm, so they can afford to be a lot more relaxed and friendly.
Likewise, you have a lot less to fear in public spaces. You can run away from a guy with a knife. You can't run away from one with a gun. A guy with a knife can't kill you from across the street, etc.
It's undeniable that the public not having access to guns is ultimately better for safety and a healthier public atmosphere...the problem is, once you end up with 101 guns per person it becomes impossible to ban them without a colossal wave of violence to follow.
@@jabloko992 you watch too much tv and are influenced by social media too much, the us is 40 times bigger than the Uk, what it’s like in one area is not like what it’s like in other areas, and what you see on the news is the worse areas they can find to get you to watch and fear. Where I live I never have to worry about being shot or stabbed to death, and generally all the cops are friendly, no one breaks into house (because they’d be shot if they did) and that’s the same for many, many places in the us, yeah if you go to the middle of Chicago you’re gonna get shot, but if you go to West Yorkshire you’re gonna end up dead all the same, it’ll just be from getting stabbed instead of shot, and where you can’t shoot or stab back. Even with all that said you do realize the number one use of guns isn’t crime prevention but government prevention right? So I can do what I want without some government bozo to say no, don’t need a tv license, don’t need permission to modify my car, don’t need permission to travel, can choose what car I want and etc. etc. etc. because if I couldn’t the government had to deal with the 101 guns per person
@@jabloko992 they arent scared nad at the same time if someone ulls a gun who intends to hurt someone another erson can pull out a gun and stop them unlike therewhere 1 person who gets a illegal gun can have a huge mass shooting have you ever seen the video of the guy who goes to shoot up a church in america and like 6 guys pull out their guns and stop himid say thats a benifit of having alot of guns? also in america its more mental health not guns.
@@jabloko992 More like they can arrest anyone with a multitool, sharp spoon, or a butterknife lmao
@@jabloko992 imagine thinking you know what it’s like everywhere in the US despite not having been to most places in the US
In other words, it's easier to obtain guns in Italy and certain parts of Scandinavia
Noted.
totally not a suspicious comment at all
@@alexmason705 safe to say I'll be checking the news for @Sauce lmao
my spouse is from Italy and they said it is legal to own handguns there if you are licensed and checked by the Police.
@@drkevinsmithFRCPath from what I know that is true, you can technically even own a 10 guage shotgun, and certain 22. pistols/rifles as well.
although I do not live in Italy. I only 'know' from the little research I've done lol so in all fairness I'm not an expert.
"Rifles are also permitted." **Shows Musket**
"Darling! A fiend of the village has broken into thine house! Load the musket! We must put an end to the atrocity! En guard!"
Own a musket for home defense, since that's what the founding fathers intended. Four ruffians break into my house. "What the devil?" As I grab my powdered wig and Kentucky rifle. Blow a golf ball sized hole through the first man, he's dead on the spot. Draw my pistol on the second man, miss him entirely because it's smoothbore and nails the neighbors dog. I have to resort to the cannon mounted at the top of the stairs loaded with grape shot, "Tally ho lads" the grape shot shreds two men in the blast, the sound and extra shrapnel set off car alarms. Fix bayonet and charge the last terrified rapscallion. He Bleeds out waiting on the police to arrive since triangular bayonet wounds are impossible to stitch up. Just as the founding fathers intended.
haha, atleast we dont have the highest number of school shootings in the world.
Own a musket for home defense, since that's what the founding fathers intended. Four ruffians break into my house. "What the devil?" As I grab my powdered wig and Kentucky rifle. Blow a golf ball sized hole through the first man, he's dead on the spot. Draw my pistol on the second man, miss him entirely because it's smoothbore and nails the neighbors dog. I have to resort to the cannon mounted at the top of the stairs loaded with grape shot, "Tally ho lads" the grape shot shreds two men in the blast, the sound and extra shrapnel set off car alarms. Fix bayonet and charge the last terrified rapscallion. He Bleeds out waiting on the police to arrive since triangular bayonet wounds are impossible to stitch up. Just as the founding fathers intended.
Own a musket for home defense, since that's what the founding fathers intended. Four ruffians break into my house. "What the devil?" As I grab my powdered wig and Kentucky rifle. Blow a golf ball sized hole through the first man, he's dead on the spot. Draw my pistol on the second man, miss him entirely because it's smoothbore and nails the neighbors dog. I have to resort to the cannon mounted at the top of the stairs loaded with grape shot, "Tally ho lads" the grape shot shreds two men in the blast, the sound and extra shrapnel set off car alarms. Fix bayonet and charge the last terrified rapscallion. He Bleeds out waiting on the police to arrive since triangular bayonet wounds are impossible to stitch up. Just as the founding fathers intended.
@@leoa-b8094 yeah you got stabbings instead
“Everyone and their mums are packing round here” “like who” “farmers… and farmers mums”
Asked
@@Vengeance4308 oh my god. you don't get the reference??????? HOW YOUNG ARE YOU
@@welsh_Witch 😂
@@welsh_Witch had to hit him with it
@@Vengeance4308 do you not get the reference???
thank you i can finally send a video to people in stead of a pointless convocation
i also love the effort gone in to it thank you
The video makes it seem much easier to acquire a gun in the UK than in practice
Buy a gun safe and fill out a 201 form. You'll have your SGC in a couple of months. It's that easy.
@@doger944 shouldn't be after the incel shooting
@@doger944 with current delays, its taking an average of 18 months to acquire the SGC license mate! new and aspiring gun owners are fucked in the UK
@@pirateslayer98 last I checked the avg was 7-9 months, depending on the force
@@doger944 fire at a home intruder go to jail. its that easy
4:18 I love how the hand drew the entire white box around the image lmao
Lol
You gotta upload again dude, I just watched and this is already one of my fav channels
damn i live in belgium and it is crazy to see how restrictive gun laws are in the UK... if you have a license here (not too hard to get just takes some time) if you have it for the right category you can own most semi-auto weapons
yh but if it keeps its out of the hands of criminals im allright with that
It's a little more lax then uk laws but we have a bigger assortment of weapons we can own... can't be a criminal... need to be sane and you gotta do 2 exams one is theoretical and one practical where you have to show you are capable in manipulating a firearm
@@ZaFakeFoilo Well, still ain't too safe. Haven't put restrictions on knives or blunt objects, which is basically an impossible restriction.
In 1774 England banned guns/gunpowder in the 13 American colonies. Attempted gun confiscation in April 1775, started that 8 year war for America's independence & England almost won that war in 1783!! So guns were once banned in early American history-FYI!!
But why?
Worth noting as it wasn't quite covered in the video: shotgun licencing is different from firearms licencing. Shotgun licences are available on a "will issue" basis, meaning they have to give you one unless there is a good reason not to. As in, the police have to prove you shouldn't receive a shotgun licence, whereas for firearms you have to prove to them that you should. Naturally, given the more lenient issuing, they have a stringent set of criteria for what meets the definition of a shotgun (which the video did go into a bit, e.g. the 2+1 restriction for shells). Great video!
I would imagine the classic double barrel is a favorite on your side of the pond
@@noahjackl2240 it's the most common of shotguns here as most only have one for clay shooting or hunting. It's possible to get semi automatics. They come in the 2+1 configuration, but with permission, can be expanded. This means it's possible to own shotguns such as the typhoon f12 here with a drum mag ... and a suppressor if you wish.
Because, as incorrectly stated in the video, we do actually have a constitutional right to bear arms.
@@noahjackl2240 watch a British film called “hot fuzz” very funny and a classic
A good reason not to issue one is that you want one, without a good reason to have one. Do you really think the Police will allow anyone to have a shut gun if they say they want it to have fun with.
"Among the toughest in the world" (UK)
Japan: *AM I A JOKE TO YOU*
Don’t forget China, it’s basically illegal to own any firearm.
@@JD-ex7ix yeah BB guns are also illegal in China too nevermind a hunting gun lol
@@JD-ex7ix that's not entirely true, in fact the Chinese are quite competitive on the international competition, with Meng Wei currently being rated the top skeet shooter in the world.
Among is the operative word here.
poland: i am a joke to you poland has even strictier laws than japan
The law in the UK is simple.
THEY don’t want you to have one and make it as difficult as possible to obtain one.
And they (governments) want this to be the case everywhere, so that they have all the power, and you have none.
The thing is they made it almost imposible for law abiding citizen to own one, the criminals in the other hand...
but you can get one, illegally
@@doorswhofan nah we just don't fancy school shootings
@@mattlevens6382 why then were there no school shootings pre 1990 in the USA? gun ownership isn't a new thing there
also, why do countries like switzerland have not that many school shootings despite a widespread gun ownership?
It's quite simple, the problem isn't the tool (like a gun) but people that want to harm others, which there always is a way, through shooting or through stabbing people with knives
In 1774 England banned guns & gunpowder in the 13 American colonies. Attempted gun confiscation in April 1775 in the colony of Mass. started America's 8 year war for independence & England almost won that war in 1783!! So guns were banned on a national level in America's history, colonial history & this ended America's colonial history!!
The argument that “less guns results in less gun crimes” is deceiving. When one compares the overall crime index, the UK and US as very similar (44-47). In contrast, countries with more relaxed gun laws like Norway, Finland, Switzerland and UAE enjoy lower crime index (34-15). Although it is also possible to find countries with strict gun laws and low crime, I.e. Japan, Taiwan (21-15), and countries with laxed gun laws and high crime index, I.e. Honduras (~76). Crime is affected by a lot more than just access to firearms.
@@Sardonic_sardine . How does, "I'm not going to Rob you, you live an hour away" have any Substance? It doesn't.
But if your country is already prown to crime, why then also throw guns into there as well? It's not like that will help at all.
The main issue with having firearms easily available by anyone is that the people you’re trying to defend against with the gun will also have access to a gun and will probably be wielding one
@@jessehaenen5915
Because a criminal won't give a fuck about gun laws.
There are around 90 million illegal firearms in the EU.
Regulating law abiding citizens is completely absurd when criminals won't buy registered firearms in the first place.
@@jessehaenen5915 so question to your question, if a country already has high crime rates, why not allow law abiding citizens have the ability to help curve that crime rate when it impacts them directly? you seem to forget its the person that commits crimes not guns. Also theres that old saying, those who would give up freedom for safety deserves neither and will loose both. Plus again it just seems like its more of a violent culture thing more so than anything else, and im talking sub cultures that are pushed by media companies. Funny i bet you would stand up for the same companies that put out albums about drug use and random shit like that. To punish the many for the mistakes of the few is something a man from austria would agree with you on.
UK Gun Laws Explained to Americans:
“We have them”
American Constitution: "Banning guns is illegal my dude."
@@theeternalsuperstar3773 as an american I see all my friends hunting with assault rifles 😎
But we have more
Yeah, you have them.....chambered in rounds that cant even kill a groundhog.
@@breakthatrance a .38 snake shot round does more damage than most of the guns legal there
This is like saying that the USA doesn't "ban" opiates. Obviously, with a prescription, almost any drug is legal. So next time someone says the UK banned guns, one probably shouldn't try to argue otherwise. The UK has effectively banned the ownership of guns, save for .22 calber rifles and some pistols, which are heavily regulated.
You can also own a .50Cal anti material rifle, which is awesome
I'm pretty sure they became illegal recently because of the new laws on how much energy a gun's muzzle releases
@@tacoking1333 my local gun shop in Exeter has a few .50cals for sale last time I went there you can buy them but u have to have a reason for it, it's quite difficult to get a license for one I'd imagine
@@MultiSwatts "why do you need an anti material rifle"
"Duck hunting of course"
@@nonautemrexchristus5637 AHAHAHAHAHAAHAH
Haha they would tell you to get fucked lol
I've had a gun legally in the UK for about a decade. One of my sons is a real good marksman.
I once had armed response called on me in Leeds, and had to stash my weed before they turned up. Having the weed was more of a crime.
why would you post that i mean its probably, hopefully a lie but any old dickhead can screenshot that and send it to the police you pea brain
@@anonymouslonely7765 you could literally walk up to a police officer and tell them you sniffed a gram of coke the night before and they're not gonna arrest you. Unless you're in possession at the time, they don't really care.
@@anonymouslonely7765 ah yes mr local policeman. Blind-ghost on youtube has a bit of mary jane on him. Get to work lads
@@lottie4588 that is true
You need a loicense for that 'erb, son, or you're nicked!
I was surprised to see the hk-416 up there with the mock .22’s, unless it is also a .22
yea that part kinda made no fuckin sense lol it has too be a.22 or else whats the point of limiting the other ar-15 variants?
Yeah it's just another .22RF as that's the only calibre legal in self loading rifles (mostly lr of course, but there's a few in wmr also). The only legal centrefire AR variants are straight pulls.
ye he clearly meant this hk-usa.com/hk-models/hk416-22-lr-rifle/
basically hk makes a version specifically in .22lr lol, which makes me big sad, but i understand why.
I am a British person and my family has an air rifle
Two bows and arrows
And a spear
He probably meant that it cant be semi-auto. So you have to work the bolt after every shot which would be legal
That suppresor is wild
"Those who would trade liberty for safety deserve neither and shall lose both"
- Benjamin Franklin
What has that got to do with gun laws? Anyone that lives in a country that has the rule of government, everyone that pays their taxes and generally follows the rule of law in that country has already traded their liberty for safety. Only somewhere truly chaotic, a place of no rules or laws, could you be at liberty to do as you please, I can't imagine it would be a top torist destination.
@@TheMrReee if I can travel to another country without regulations, say and do everything I like in my free time (that doesn't hurt anyone of course), or buy a gun for example, because I'm interested in these kind of stuff, without too much restrictions. I can confidently say that I am free in this country.
Sadly, this isn't the case in UK.
@@kokaito7913 feeling free and true unadulterated freedom are very different things entirely, of course you can do all those things you listed, but within the laws and regulations of that country, break those rules and you will soon lose your liberty. True unadulterated, unabashed freedom, freedom from all laws and regulation simply does not exist in the modern world.
Those that think they can bypass or ignore the rules, usually end up in prison.
@@TheMrReee that's a good point and I agree, but laws and restrictions are needed nonetheless. The thing is some can be more liberal than others and that is what I was talking about.
We don't live in the 1700s dumbass
A friend of a friend had a gun and he wasn't home yet when the inspector arrived so the inspector asked the mans mother where the spare key to the gun cabinet was and she gave the answer and that man wasn't about to keep the gun because you should be the only person who knows where the keys are or has access to them.
Ahhh gotta love tyranny
@@paulwalkersseatbelt2539 that's just basic gun safety
Little bit of trickery from law enforcement... preying upon them. They don’t want their citizens armed.. but hey, what do I know, I’m just an American. If someone can give a good defense for the officer just reply and hope I figure out how to check TH-cam reply notifications
@@2001mkmk yeah, safe for the mom. I would hope my mom knows where to find my guns should she ever need to use them
@@damonminnix4660 😂😂 it’s not some form of oppression not allowing people to own guns and they rightfully took it from him if she was to take his gun and use it she hasn’t got a firearm license he’d be held responsible as well as her
I'm from the UK born and raised, I love guns and all kinds of weaponry, safe to say I'm ready if a zombie outbreak occurs.
Same, if they had the same level of licensing for .22 as for let's say 9mm or even 357 for personal self defence then the chance of a literal psycho getting one is drastically reduced
We are an island. It is unlikely that zombies will get here if we lockdown fast enough.
@@bob69927 yea we prooved our lockdown capabilities with covid...
Same, Britain was pretty smart when it came to most of their guns
Very good video. I lived in England while with the USAF near Bury St. Edmunds and some local farmers had shotguns and .22 rifles for pest control (rabbits, etc). They would regularly shoot them on their property abutting the base.
In addition, my first encounter with any British Police was asking two armed officers at Heathrow Airport directions to the coaches for my trip out into the countryside.
yeah gun ownership is relatively common in the country side here in the U.K. It's only in cities where you don't really see people with firearms unless it's armed police or military. There is also a huge cultural difference between city and country folks, and when people from the city visit the country side and they see a deer stalker walking around with a 308 rifle it terrifies them lol
@@aaront2131 I bet that is a hilarious sight to behold! 😅
Guns have played a very important role in British culture and history. In fact America's first firearms were brought over from the UK back when the pilgrims arrived and starting hunting turkeys.
@@globetrotter147No not really we have (ARU) ARMED RESPONSE UNITS in cars and nearly every cop around London landmarks have guns now.Dont want to end up like AMERICA where there's a school shooting and mass shootings every week..
just one small correction, you mention that you need to provide good reason for owning a firearm, whilst this is required for section 1 firearms (rifles) technically you do not need a good reason to own a section 2 (shotgun with a capacity of 3 or less, 2+1 semi autos/pumps or double barrels). although it looks better on an application it is not a legal requirement
It is in certain places, if police don't think you have a good reason to own a shotgun and may be a threat to public safety, like if you lived in the center of london then they might decline it. I always had heard "It's every englishman's right to own a shotgun and they cannot decline you unless you have a criminal record" and while shotgun licenses are much more lenient that firearms certificates you still do need a valid reason other than just "i want one". for instance a sure fire reason where i live, in the country is just "Vermin control". but in a city thats not a reason as you can't just go blasting city life with a 12g :P
“good reason” is just being part of a shooting club or having vermin in the area. Never an issue.
@@cynicalsassparillagaming6827 "I live in a labour constituency with drug addict issues." No seriously though we have a constitutional right to bear arms in the UK- they really do have to prove you shouldn't have one.
You can own pretty much any rifle in the UK even stuff like .50 BMG rifles, FAL's and AR-15's. But they MUST be straight pull meaning they have no gas system or another ability to self load. And you have to belong to a club that has the range to support these weapons.
Then that's not an AR-15
@@santiagosampedro8514 still an AR15.. just without the gas block
@@jackjewell6926 well the ar 15 is a semiautomatic rifle
@@santiagosampedro8514 It's literally just a Straight Pull AR-15. I guess it would be more accurate to say AR-15 Style as it's just a modified AR-15.
In .22 yes it is.... did you even bother to listen to the video?
Great video Adam.
It’s a shame you don’t put out more videos.
Fun fact, gun ownership in the UK actually is a right. You are by right allowed to own a shotgun without reason, the police have to have a reason for you to not be allowed one to deny a license. This is to stop people using the Bill Of Rights in a court of law against the government. Pistols also aren't banned, they're just more heavily restricted. If you are collector you can own basically any pistol you want, it can't however be used for target shooting. If kept at home it must stay at your address however if you want to shoot it then it has to stay at an approved shooting range like Bisley
The population of the UK is over 66 million (@1:04). It's the population of England that is 56 million. That's a fairly basic error to make.
Another even bigger mistake is the considerable overstatement of gun related homicides in the UK. Whilst it's correct that there are about 60 gun-related deaths per year in the UK only about half of those (about 30 a year) are homicides. The rest are suicides with the odd accidental shooting as well.
Thank you for bringing this to my attention, I have added corrections in the pinned comment.
Both very fair and valid points. I think the population one can be explained as getting the numbers the wrong way around, I probably read a source that approximated the population at 65 million. But you're right, its a fairly basic and embarrassing mistake.
Genuinely though thank you for mentioning this so I could correct the misinformation in the video
@@AdamExplains The same breakdown can be made in the USA. "Only" about a third of gun deaths are homicides, but this still amounts to about 10,000 a year. Most of the rest are suicides. However, even accidental gun deaths in the USA, running at around 1,000, are some 20 times more than all gun deaths in the UK. (Adjusted for population that would be about 4 times higher than all UK gun deaths.) The sheer scale of US gun ownership is reflected in the sheer scale of gun deaths of all causes. I wouldn't be surprised if US gun deaths in a single year outweigh all British civil gun deaths throughout recorded history!
@@markaxworthy2508 "The sheer scale of US gun ownership is reflected in the sheer scale of gun deaths"
*laughs in Czech Republic*
No, no it's not, the only thing reflected in the sheer scale of gun deaths is the number of people that should receive help or should be thought better gun safety, the rest of those who commit a crime intentionally will kill no matter what, if you want to kill someone you do it without a gun too (*cough* brits with knives *cough*) hell, you can kill with a fucking rock from the park if you want to
Trust me, a guy from the Czech Republic can have roughly the same arsenal an American can, yet it's one of the safest countries I have been in
@@fabian-mihaistefan5369 The USA has almost exactly ten times the per capita gun ownership in the Czech Republic. If gun deaths are related to the number of guns held one would expect Czech per capita deaths to be at least ten times lower than in the USA - and they are. By contrast, the UK, which has strict gun control and 6.5 times the population of the Czech Republic, has only about the same total as Czech gun deaths. In other words, someone is about 6-7 times as likely to die of gunshot in the Czech Republic as in the UK. A US citizen is about 200 times as likely to die of gunshot wounds as a Briton. Why is the Czech Republic much better than the USA? Certainly because it only has a tenth of the weapons per capita of the USA and probably because a far higher proportion of them are registered.
Sure you can kill with "a rock from a park if you want to", but it is much harder work than shooting someone and have you ever heard of "suicide-by-rock"?
@@markaxworthy2508 The rock was more of a hyperbole imo. The bigger one is the comparison to the knives. You don't have to try that much harder with a knife and every angsty teenage girl can confirm that suicide by knife is quite easy
Just imagine running down the street during shtf and you hear Yeer he yeer he and turn around and it's a dude with a 12 in pistol llf
Im not sure what language you are speaking but seems cool
I'd fucking shit mesen
I had a stroke reading this
@@AA-bz1pr who the fuck asked for your opinion
@@urmum-oe1qw who asked for your opinion on his opinion?
i wish someday here in Spain we have the same freedom to own guns as americans do, 2nd amendment makes 100% sense to me
Deberiais, se trata de libertad basicas como sobrevivir dafiendedose, no permitir abusos del govierno, y bueno..ser tratado como adulto cuando esta ya un adulto..Libertades basicas.
@@theovaissie2480 en efecto, aqui en Mexico tenemos muy poca gente con armas legales y demasiados criminales con calibres .50 y cohetes, si pudieramos tener acceso simple (sin referirme al costo) de armas podriamos tener menos de 100 muertes por dia y pueblos haciendo sus milicias para defenderse de los narcos y mas que nada el gobierno en caso de injusticias
@@mrvladimirputin9828 Claro, cuando la buena gente no tiene acceso a las armas los criminales son libre de todo asi que ellos son muy bien armados. Es pura logia...Si el bien no lucha el mal gana!
El problema es solo acceso verdad, que teneis a una ley que es el equivalente al 2A US?
Es que deberia ser en los derechos humanos.. Cada hombre adulto de cualquiera epoca si no es un criminal debe poder tener una arma moderna fonccional.
100 muerte por dia es totalmente flipante...
I totally agree! Most of Europe doesnt have any freedom at all, but hey, atleast you guys have a pretty good airgun power limit at 21J, making it pretty powerful
igual que en Colombia, debería de ser como en estados unidos
Missed a couple of things like owning an obsolete caliber weapon (fully functioning), owning a handgun for humane despatch (e.g. Derringer type, and revolves with only two usable chambers in a cylinder).
And Section 5 licence, where for a club/museum/armoury the ownership of typically prohibited firearms is allowed under certain conditions
yeah i have a friend who knows someone that got special permission to own a glock for humane dispatch, specifically animals injured by cars i think? something about t being a bad look whipping out a rifle on a busy motorway... of course this guy *definitely* never went online and bought extra magazines...
Literally just:
Big gun, yes.
Small gun, no.
Licence and no criminal record? Yes
Bad boys? Whatcha gonna do
Doesn't rhyme but I didn't ask to be born
Hotel- travago
Thumbs up for the last sentence! 👍
*presses play*
*knock knock knock* “POLICE! Do you mind if we have a word”
Sometimes you can find working guns for about £50 in antique shops, I was saving up to buy one when I was 13 and it was ok because the gun was more than a certain age
Imagine a gang fight with muskets
@@sheldorthedestoryer9080 It wasn't a musket, it was a pocket pistol
@@sheldorthedestoryer9080 Although there was muskets there too
@@militaryenthusiast7498 what year was this in?
@@militaryenthusiast7498 what year was this in?
There was a guy on my street who sold revolvers . Its actually not that hard to get a gun in the UK , just a bit scary
I live in the UK and i used to be in the British Army, I would love to own a gun for a shooting range but there are not many around.
where abouts in the uk are you from? there's a fair few round the midlands if I remember correctly. hope that helps :)
@@eternallyscreaming169 west yorkshire so yes i have found some but to be fair they are not that good and rules on becoming a member and the cost alone is very high.
@@garethzero ohhh right I see, yeah that's a bummer. I used to use firearms back in the cadets and only use a .22 now till I have enough to buy a house. 22s don't hit the spot just right 🤣
I think you could still get one if you put some targets up in your garden and said they're for target shooting
@@freezy2755 No, you have to be a member of a home office approved target shooting club to acquire firearms for target shooting although you can fire them on your land if it is safe and you have adequate insurance, although this depends on the wording on your license.
They are SOME exemptions for people who do WW1/WW2 re-enactments because I've seen them firing Vickers machine guns and the like to show the power of that weapon I when I asked them if they loaned it from a museum they said "No, John (the group's leader) owns it as a "historic/research model" BUT I would assume he probably had to go through a mountain of paperwork to show he was only go to use it at re-enactments.
Actually they are just blank fire guns meaning they dont fire any sort of bullets
I used to do WW2 Reenacting and most people bought blank guns or some also bought airsoft guns
they bare called by re-enactors "gas guns" and essentially they are similar to blank firing, they are very good though.
Historic guns can be owned on a FAC under Section 7(3) with no restrictions.
I believe .50 calibre sniper rifles are legal as well but they have to be kept at a range and you cant take them home
Edit: Just found out you can take .50cal rifles home, I had heard wrong
Nope, you can take them home. there is a government consultation that has recently closed that may end up requiring owners of high muzzle energy rifles (.50 cal etc) having better security precautions at home such as a monitored burglar alarm etc.
@@ragnarsdad6065 ahh ok, I had heard they had to stay at a gun range, didnt realise you could take them home.
@@snowy165 Yup. the only guns that have to be stored at the range are Section 7.3 pistols and i believe )although i am not certain) the .22lr pistols used by the british olympic pistol team who get special permission to use them. everything else you can keep at home
Another thing most people don't appreciate about the UK gun laws (and most of Europe) is that we are one of the few places where a silencer is seen as a positive thing by licensing authorities, especially where hunting is concerned. In fact in some EU states it is considered rude to shoot without a silencer... By contrast it is very difficult in some states in America and almost impossible in Australia to get one legally, even if mainly conducting pest control around livestock. Madness.
Also import bans, you can get a lot of russian firearms in Europe that you basically cannot get in the US.
If you want a newer production kalashnikov, you're probably better off living in switzerland than the US.
In germany its illegal to own a silencer even if youre allowed to own a gun
@@snoopdogg64 I think that is unfortunately one of the EU exceptions. I'd still rather have a gun without a silencer than a silencer without a gun lol!
@@GdaySport it just doesnt make any sense whatsoever
It's werid how a 3 year old video can appear in loads of people's recommendations randomly. I'm looking at the comments and there lots of recent ones. How the algorithm works I guess
Yep
because it's always been trendy since then idiot.
@@pyeltd.5457 yea.yoda that's why it has been recommended to people
There was recently a gun story in the news in the UK. Could’ve sparked it i think
Weird it is, yes.
The handgun ban works so well that my local head of police was forced to admit they're the most common gun used in shootings in my city.
How common are shootings anyway?
For handguns to be an issue despite the law, it needs to be rampant gun crime
Good thing they're banned then or it'd be much worse!
@@cncgeneral Apparently gun crime surged after it became harder to obtain guns(that is violent crimes).
Think I heard 25% higher somewhere.
@@PartiallyLoyal going to be completely honest, as much as I hate the state restricting our rights I can't see junkies mixing with legal guns any better.
@@nonautemrexchristus5637 they'll just get em illegally then. My old city in the US is rife with homemade and unregistered guns.
In an edinburgh pub i once had a drunk friend of a friend jam a revolver into my stomach. I had the presence of mind to say how pretty it was and ask if he was selling it (I hate revolvers). He laughed, the moment was defused and we went back to getting hammered. I guess there is a valid reason for being a loner 😶
I bet you’re crappy Scotland would make sure Indian ppl don’t get them but to prove you’re not racist give it free for blacks what could go wrong 😂
@@ashleyoasis7948 ^
I’ve found the racist.
@@ashleyoasis7948 bro what???
@@ashleyoasis7948 the fuck
@@ashleyoasis7948 sir you’ve had a stroke please got to the hospital
Would be nice have a link to the small arms survey data or at lest state what year you are using.
TBH if you have some connections you might have an option to also apply for a "Section 5" prohibited weapons licence. This will mean you can own pretty much any firearm.
What does that require?
And. Can you own a rocket launcher with this liscense
@@generalpatton1232 technically yes though chances of getting one issued for that would be slim to none :D but you can "reasonably" easily get a licence for a handgun/rifle provided you can prove that you have a business that relies on access to such weapons. A lot of collectors do this by technically having the guns being part of their "stock"
@@generalpatton1232 honestly it requires good connections. If you're around guns a lot in the UK you'll probably be able to find someone who can help you with it. It's a lot of red tape you have to go through but it's certainly not impossible
I know a gunsmith who has this weapons license in england
Jonathan Ferguson: Imma pretend I didn’t see that
(I like his museum tho)
His museum holds a section 5 license as they work with many world governments primarily the UK’s.
The rules in the Netherlands are very similar but also very different.
You can have up-to 7.62mm NATO semi-auto rifle for sporting purposes, with limited magazine capacity. However you must be at least been a member for two-years at shooting-range and show up at least twenty times a year.
WoW 20 times, that's disgusting. The state is dictating how you must spend your 'free' time.
In England we must attend the range about 3 times a year, but if there is good reason eg. Health / hospital or Coronavirus then 0 is OK.
That's stupid. Those requirements are arbitrary and meant to make the people who don't have guns or know anything about them feel safer.
@@Asdf-wf6en true, if they truly cared they might demand a gun safety class once a year or something like that and not such nonsense regulations
@@thomas.thomas Why once a year? It's not like people will forget if they don't take the same class yearly.
In 1774 England banned guns/gunpowder in the 13 American colonies. Attempted gun confiscation in April 1775 started that 8 year war for America's independence & England almost won that war in 1783!! So guns were banned in early American history-FYI!!
oh boy, I'm happy that I life in Switzerland. No wonder the UK rarely never wins in any shooting competition. It was once a great empire, funny how things evolve.
switzerland and usa- greatest countries in the world
there is a school shooting every 5 minutes in America on average, last school shooting in the UK was in the 80's, these gun laws are a blessing, we're just happy that we don't get shot when walking to the shops every day.
@@mrgoatninja9367 this is a joke right, maybe switzerland, but certainly not the US, the US is amongst the worst countries in the world.
@@cessnacitation-x Last school schooting in Switzerland was never. Not one recorded school shooting on record. Last mass shooting was 2016 with 2 dead. One of them is the shooter himself.
Strict gun laws are not the real solution. They do not solve the real structural issues at hand. Give the people responsibility for themselves, educate them and give them perspectives and they won't use guns for malicious reasons. If you can't trust your population with guns you've lost control. But the issue never begins with guns.
@@cessnacitation-x the best of the best.
most diversity
greatest innovation
most powerful military
greatest gdp
the list goes on
ps: we do have the worst president
I just wish that there could be a paid shooting range that lends me its own guns for an hour of shooting, then allow me to go home empty-handed. I really admire firearms as bits of precision machinery; of course I don't want to get mugged by someone with one, but can't there be at least something for us decent folk? National security should take into account that a citizenry with no firearms training could be burdensome; love of firearms may help to drive army recruiting, or be useful in the event of a draft. Medieval England legally mandated marksmanship in preparation for potential wars.
While i'm at it, I'm sick of having to show ID in order to buy kitchen or bathroom gadgets alongside my shopping, while criminals can just borrow one from their mum's kitchen to commit a homicide...
Assuming you haven't been banned due a previous conviction (depends on the conviction and resulting sentence) you can do that a little at Double Deuce Firing Range in the midlands but only in .22 - still a fun experience though and about as open as the sport can get without joining a club. There's a few vids on it. Otherwise the best bet (what most people do) is to just join your local club or one nearest to you and become a probation member, later full. They'll set you up with any club owned gun you fancy (they may insist on .22 for your first go), regardless of calibre and train you up etc.
Admittedly joining any club isn't easy at the moment due to covid unfortunately, though hopefully they'll be taking on new members again soon. To your 2nd to last point - ironically most of the UK gun clubs were originally created around the turn of the century for that reason after it had become apparent how poor marksmanship was during the Boer war. Of course today they only remain for sport, though it hasn't been unheard of for Police to sometimes use facilities to train on rare occasions (still happens at my 2nd club in NI).
If you want that you'll have to create the business and set it up, it is legal but I can't find any ranges in the uk that do this
Those types of ranges totally exist and are great fun. Though the ammunition is preeeetty expensive to shot lol.
Take a trip to Texas or Arizona. There's ranges there you can shoot whatever you want for a fee plus the price of ammo. Including an M60. (M60 is in Lake Havasu City Arizona)
In 1774 England banned guns/gunpowder in the American colonies. Attempted gun confiscation in April 1775 started that 8 year war for America's independence & England almost won that war in 1783!! So guns were once banned in America's early history-FYI!!
Great vid needs more views.
I'm from the UK and I love guns! I like the engineering of them along with history and the sporting side of the hobby,I have shotguns and air pistols but the difference is with us and the USA is that they use them for defence too where's we don't or at least us law abiding citizens 🤣 if our laws were more relaxed and more people had guns that shouldn't have them well I'd see that the need to have them for defending yourself would be worth it.. we have a lot of anti gun people in the UK who see guns as weapons instead of tools for sport or hunting which is a shame because the guy with a 9 mm in a major city who shoots another gang member isn't the same as me and my little girl heading to the countryside to walk through the woods to shoot clays or pigeon with a 12 bore...
I sell guns at a gun shop and we blatantly state that guns are for self defense from either criminals or government, because that was the intent of the 2nd Amendment.
@@YungBeezer if only we followed that mate👍🏻🇬🇧
If God forbid anyone attacks you, remember those words I say now: Better to be sentenced by three than carried [in a casket] by four.
@@szariq7338 that's a very good point mate and of course I understand threat and what force to use for my family 👍🏻
theres a school shooting in america every 5 minutes on average, these gun laws in the UK are a blessing, last school shooting here was in the 80's i believe.
Utterly draconic and dystopian.
Wait so you're telling me yall can't have Full auto Canon chambered on 40mm mounted on your truck for hunting reasons
Geez, and I thought the 2 week waiting period for anything semi-auto in Washington state was harsh.
I think that's pretty fair ngl shows that you have patience.
Well, seeing as all gun laws are unconstitutional....
@@the404error7 Lol that is just it. I don't have patience when I buy a new firearm. I wanna take it home and have fun with it :D Sitting around waiting for the call is frustrating when you have already paid for the firearm.
@@grapecollects1944 Still stuck in the 18th century huh
@@mcfrosty8739 sTiLl sTuCk In ThE 18tH cEnTuTy. Man shut the fuck up. The right to bear arms didn't come with any caveats. It's the only amendment that says shall not be infringed.
Im verrrry sorry for all my lads over there...
Over here in Germany I can own almost everything given the right license.
after watching this video i would like to see a similar video but on military vehicles as I'm curious on the laws especially one with a large calibre cannon or a large automatic cannon.
really its just a cultural difference....in the US (as a people) we don't consider anything chambered in .22lr to actually be a gun.
That's BS. Even a 22 short can kill you.
@@tboman4128 who said it couldn't?
🤓🤓🤓 bro think he edgy
How to get a gun in the UK:
Go to your local £1 Shop and buy one
It even comes with extra ammo and attachments 👍
Gun law's in the UK are well and truly over the top
there is a school shooting every 5 minutes in America on average, last school shooting in the UK was in the 80's, these gun laws aren't 'over the top' you tosser.
@@cessnacitation-x the tosser back in the 80s shouldn't have had a gun license in the first place he was at the same freemason lodge as the chef constable at the time as for the last shooter in Plymouth same again shouldn't have got his f.a.c back
So who's the tosser not me.
@@bigray999 Gun laws were less strict back then, it's like the 9/11 attacks for airport security. The accident caused them to be stricter.
@@cessnacitation-x every time something happens like a shooting it's always the same legal shooters get hammered and knot the unlawful with stiffer jail times like 15 years for unlawful possession of a gun and ammo and 10 years extra for withholding information on how you got it from
@@cessnacitation-x and by the way the plane that crash into the pentagon was a missile and the 2 planes that hit the two towers was C.G.I. it was all fake just to rob the gold stored in building seven
So you're telling me, I can theoritically own a musket for home defence?
Great video. Unfortunately, I don’t think (or perhaps the government know full well) that the UK understands the concept of owning firearms in the first place. Having to jump through several layers of direct government hoops defeats the purpose of owning a gun, especially if most of the guns are required to be essentially neutered or in .22.
What is the "concept" of owning a firearm then?
@@noahhughes127 The concept of owning a firearm can be broken down. The most obvious example would be self-defense or sports. I prefer going to shooting ranges and testing out calibers, see how much some can pack a punch.
There's also an argument that I hear "Crime will drop if we banned guns". That argument is false, as the UK and USA shares the same amount of crime rate. I mean after all, you can't restrict knives or blunt objects with ease.
@@aquatic4760Well if i could choose between beeing shot or beeing stabbed i would prefear to be stabbed
@@entei8569 would you not prefer to not have to duel the person trying to stab you with a rapier and rather brandish a firearm and be able to protect yourself with little risk of being injured
@@deceit7741 i'd rather neither
You should stick with this channel, you have all the ingredients to make a really good fact/education channel, hopefully you make more consistent videos
Thanks! I appreciate it!
it does it make us safer, but it also makes it more difficult for me to plan and successfully execute the attack. might have to use molotovs instead.
btw like ~20,000 people die from guns in the us. so yea that sucks.
I knew one could get firearms in the UK ( more so for hunting ) but it seems a little strict in my opinion
Its so strict it’s easier to illegally get a gun the legally. And the illegal route is literally take some cash go down a suburb and as around. Most likely someone there will be supplying. They will supply almost anything you need.
SHALL
NOT
BE
INFRINGED
Yes.
In year 8 my freind ran from her abusive dad with her fam he even got arrested for modding a 12 gauge 3 round shotgun to hold 6 shells and also modding a bolt action wich is very illegale ( he was a gamekeeper so that’s how he got them)
Great! Now ima go run and try find who tf asked or who cares
@@riz4197 :/ ok lol atleast I don’t make cod montages like it’s 2012 like jeez are you 12
@@riz4197 I do. (BTW interesting story)
@@khy_1777 thx bro
@@thelegoconnoisseur0880 cod fam it’s r6 plus that was time ago
In the U.S there is a lot of restriction on firearms like what is considered a SBR,Suppressor’s and even with these new “semi automatic” triggers coming into the picture. There’s also are new bills coming in that basically say we can’t own “military firearms” witch specifically targets AR-15’s and basically any AK platform. that’s just a simplified list of course and that’s just scratching the surface
It does legitimately concern me the lack of knowledge and ignorance, even from UK firearm owners.
Thank you for the video. Keeping it simple does help.
Ironically that may be a good thing
To be fair, the UK government seems to go out of their way to make the gun laws as confusing as possible to try and discourage people from trying to get one.
Wow that's restrictive. I love 22 LR but... ONLY 22lr?
Its heartbreaking, I want to own FAL ideally at some point, but the sheer concept of a 22 rim fire FAL would make all of rhodesia spin so fast in its grave it would be a source of free infinite energy
22's are really cool, but whats even the point of getting an uzi, mp5, hk 416 etc. if its gonna be in 22LR? Its like putting type-r badges on a civic or m badge on a 320 or something. And only 3 shells in a semi shotty?
@@Burakozen111 nah 22s are wack with few purpose built exceptions. It's just neutering them
@@willarmstrong3282 they are bad for self defense, but its still not bad. I dont like them cuz they are the best, the most accurate and they have a lots of stopping power or something, i like them cuz its like the kei cars of guns. They are experimental, cheap to run. Like chiappa little badger, or american 180 etc.
@@Burakozen111 in the uk you can’t use a gun for self defence
I am fine with that as a uk citizen
What I think is a bit overkill is the knife laws
You can’t carry anything for the explicit use of self defence
You can carry a knife as long as it is under three inches and doesn’t have a locking blade
Also I think that it is illegal to buy a butter knife under the age of 18
Fun fact. The Irish special forces primary weapon is the HK416 and they use repurposed FAL rifles as sniper support 😁
Nice to see they have sense instead of britian using l85, shouldve abandoned it after first variant. But now its alright since the upgrades but 416 is always gonna be more reliable, it can shoot after being underwater and everything
@@chroma6947 I agree. It is a decent gun. Its modelled after the M4 right?
@@chroma6947 The BR tish army is starting to reintroduce reworked FN FAL's into service soon. They should never have let that rifle go ahead in the first place, imagine having to have to send your SA80 battle rifles to heckler and Koch so they could make them work. Disgraceful waste of M.O.D. money.
@@rod_things4591 The 416 is basically a really high quality AR-15 platform that uses a short stroke gas piston
Great video, I feel this video did an amazing job at getting the point across quickly, and was very understandable. Keep it up man.
"ask the police if you can have a gun"
Yikes, sounds like you guys have it rough.
Bruh there r so many Americans in the comments saying “i thought I had it bad” as if British people cared about owning a gun, and ik there r some but for the most part if u ask a Brit if some time in the future would they want a gun for the most part we would say “no why would we want that for”. In a secondary school most would probably say yes tho bc guns r so imbedded in the media and presented as cool.
I had always been confused as to how my Grandad was allowed guns, I had never asked, but now I want to ask why he "needed" a gun, because I know for work he was an accountant, and he has never mentioned being in a gun club. This video has made me want to ask questions 😂
Maybe he was a collector of guns. You can legally buy deactivated guns maybe that's what he owned
Maybe he bought them before the laws changed
Have you never watched the film “ The Accountant” it will all make sense
@@adamm927No I haven't, but I just checked what it is about, and I feel 100% confident in saying that my grandad didn't work for any illegal companies 😂 just fishy ones...
(He worked as an accountant at a fish quay 😂😂)
@@jordanp1622 Lots of 'grandads' had guns hidden away from WW2. When mine died in 2007 we found a small arsenal behind boxes in the garage
Here in Northern Ireland the gun to population ratio is 13 guns to 100 people, quite a lot more than the Great Britain
Most of these rules seem completely arbitrary, like almost all gun control laws.
Guns are not an easy thing to legislate, because any rule you make will eventually be skirted around by gun manufacturers.
Its like the debate from a few years ago where one company made a device to fire semi auto guns as fast as an automatic - it complies to the letter, but not the intention of the law.
@@Garfie489 Guns are especially difficult to regulate in cases where the people writing the legislation don't actually own guns or understand the basic classifications of firearms. This is basically the situation in the US.
Friendly(ish) yank here and I will hand you one thing: your classifications between a rifle and pistol are much clearer legally than here in America. Here the ATF has some long bullshit code that is impossible to understand.
Excuse me sir, your barrel is 0.03 inches too long. GET IN THE VAN.
A 22 Uzi is not an Uzi, they’re 22 versions of air soft rifles.
I seriously doubt that a .22 uzi will share any parts with an airsoft. Maybe plastic grip.
My bet is that the .22 uzi is a converted 9mm
@@todorkolev7565 they’re made by Umarex which is an air soft company 🤯
@@d.b.1176 Who also own Walther which make quite a lot of proper firearms.
The 22 Uzi has nothing in common with a real Uzi, except its shape.
I still wouldn't want to get shot by one.
Its worth noting that of those 50-60 gun deaths a year, over the last 10 years there have only been 6 deaths by legal firearms owners.