I agree about keeping them away from fools as far as possible. But most firearms legislation is counter productive. Scotland are trying to get a law passed so that everyone in Scotland who has a low power air rifle must register it and get a certificate. That should make a lot of air guns currently legally owned disappear for good. Nothing to stop someone buying one in England and taking it cross border. They want anyone from England who visits Scotland to get a firearms pass for a low power air gun. However I can cross o.k. with a shotgun or rifle on my personal certificate.

Most of the gun crime here involves drug gangs fighting for turf and using banned weapons. Lagopus.....