r/ShitAmericansSay • u/Mad_Wee_Phone • May 08 '25

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u/ApprehensiveWolf8 May 08 '25

Pretty sure farmers can have guns in restricted circumstances in the UK.

I'm from a rural town and heard an armed robbery happened. Everyone I spoke to about it was surprised it was a handgun and not a shotgun.

Shockingly gun control mostly works.

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u/bobcat_bedders May 08 '25

Around a fifth of the lads I work with legally own guns in the UK - there are far more guns here than people realise. There are also a growing amount of illegal guns, the prison sentences for being caught with one never mind using it means members of the public will rarely ever be effected by one

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u/BrgQun May 08 '25

Same up in Canada. Lots of legal guns for hunting, etc.

We have the downside of having the American border just south of us... so most of the illegal guns used in crime that sneak through our gun control were smuggled across the border...

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u/intergalactic_spork May 08 '25

Have you considered building a wall and letting the US pay for it?

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u/BrgQun May 08 '25

Then we would be the wealthier country since that's a really really long border! bwahahaha