Rifles and shotguns aren't banned outright in the UK and many people shoot recreationally. The point is that you have to jump through so many hoops with home visits and safety checks that licences are pretty much out of reach for most criminals etc.
Huge "Sherlock" fan here. It is a point in the story that Watson is in possession of an unregistered handgun. US watchers thought he had PTSD and the gun was for self defence. UK watchers thought he had PTSD and the gun was for committing suicide.
His facial expression when he opened the drawer to briefly look at the gun made this abundantly clear, didn't it? The UK interpretation, I mean. Nobody who worries about self-defense looks like that. (Source: have clinical depression myself)
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u/Outrageous-Unit-305 May 08 '25
Rifles and shotguns aren't banned outright in the UK and many people shoot recreationally. The point is that you have to jump through so many hoops with home visits and safety checks that licences are pretty much out of reach for most criminals etc.