Not long ago, I was approached by a man and woman from the UK who wanted some training and the chance to shoot guns. They were in the United States on vacation and one of the items on their vacation list was to find a certified instructor and have the once in a lifetime chance to “experience what it’s like to be American for a few hours with the legal right to shoot rifles and guns.”
They told me that in the UK, they could not own guns and they really did not understand this “passion” Americans had for firearms and shooting since, (in their words) “guns are dangerous tools of violence and kill people.”
Oh, and if someone says "The UK has much less crime than the US." refer to this:
(I can't really find one really definitive paragraph to quote. You'll have to read it.
Basically, UK LEOs are given bonuses for low crime rate stats so the stats are massaged to the point of flat out lying.)
Special Investigation: The Truth About British Crime Rates – 2013
