LeChuck
CE Specialist
There are firearms but they are still outlawed (pistols etc post Dunblane). To knowledge the only people allowed to own semi automatics are police. Realistically, owning a gun here is v v difficult (in England not sure about NI).Plenty of firearms there, mate. Especially if you include Northern Ireland. What you have in place are very strict controls.
The fact is outlawing has made it a lot safer (just don't mention knife crime or cyclist deaths in London though). There have been 3 shooting fatalities in England and Wales in the period from 2000-2011.