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1066 wrote:

Sandgroper wrote:If I remember correctly, the roots of gun control in the UK began after the First World War to prevent a communist style revolution from taking place.

Anyone interested in the history of gun control in the UK should read Colin Greenwood's excellent book "Firearms control"
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Firearms-Contro ... 0710074352

Read (or reference the single page that covers the discussions that took place which led to the 1920 Firearms Act) in a book called "Whitehall Diaries" - Jones?
Studied that & several other publications from the early to mid-1920's as part of the Revolutionary Europe module on the final term of my War Studies degree

I covered/compared firearms legislation in the UK, Germany & IIRC Russia - still have the essay stuck away somewhere