Mindset of Government
Apparently HMG tightened up gun laws after WW1because they became fearful of old soldiers taking up arms after discovering the country was not quite the land fit for heroes promised to them by some Welsh Politician....1926 general strike, people in dungarees breaking wind in the palaces of the....
The law apart suspect Dave, George and Nick a bit concerned about well trained squaddies bringing trophy shooters home from their war on terror, hunt for WMD or what ever it was I forget...
Of course criminals have no trouble sourcing shooters and hand grenades up in Gunchester...