I say I'm a "fan" by which i mean that i think the current system has value to the public and to the sportsman.
In the UK i think it stikes a balance between public safety ( by which i mean it goes some way to preventing people with serious mental conditions or ciminal tendancies from easily obtaining a firearm, i am fully aware that serious ciminals have access to firearms regardless of the law ) without affecting the interests of those who have legitimate interest in shooting sports and associated hobbies.
Feeling towards gun owenership laws are pretty diverse and it can be a touchy subject for some people so its a discussion i tend to avoid.
This being said i am always concious of how the current system could be open to abuse, and will always be against any proposed changes to the system if changes are sought to be made which offer no benefit to the sportsman or public safety.
I should hope this makes my view clear, it is a personal view, i know other poeple's views differ, and that issues do arise with the system.
It was perhaps unfair for me to outright dismiss and say "americans would never understand it" thats me making my own generalisation; that many americans see gun ownership first and formostly for self defence, which is an ideaology that is not accepted in the UK as a good reason to own a gun under the current system. Its just because we are often approaching the same subject from two angles.
