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"Furthermore, we don't have the tradition of owning and using firearms that you have in the US. Until relatively recently, the land and firearms were owned by a relatively small number of wealthy people."

This pretty much sums it up. The leftists union weenies, like the ones rioting in Wisconsin* here, who managed to get fox hunting outlawed because it was a privelege of a few did the same thing with firearms.
Fortunately here in the USA many of the firearms owners and users are blue colllar working stiffs like the majority of us.
And they will strongly oppose and new firearms regulations.
*I just saw it reported that 72% of the rank and file citizeny in Wisconsin STRONGLY oppose the goal of the public service unions.
Jim

The 2nd Amendment IS an unalienable right.