agreed technically speaking, however I am sure you understood the point I was making. That said I do not accept it is easier than ever for criminals to get a hold of guns and certainly not as easy as it would be if we had such prehistoric laws as our friends across the pond.
I do understand. My point is that recent legislation has made it almost impossible to legally obtain a rifle or pistol (the UK 2012 Olympic Shooting Team have to train in Switzerland), but that illegal weapons are just as easy as ever to get, if you know the right people, or go into the right pubs in our major cities and those guns are what are used in the vast majority of gun crime.