ridicoulous,your ignorance is shocking and born out of predudice,clearly the greens have no grasp of reality.to describe shooters as loners simply shows a complete lack of understanding which could be decsbribed in any other context as pure predudice.even bordering on discrimination of a minority group.i would consider myself to be left wing,even socialist,however your predudice shocks me
dunblane was allowed to happen as was hungerford because both hamilton and ryan were allowed to keep their liscences after both been repeatedly reported to the police for inapropriate behaviour.ryan was shooting roadsigns and hamilton was a known peadophile.who had been arrested for indecent assault.the police failed to apropriatley uphold the laws concerning possesion of firearms.both of these guys should never have been allowed weapons.
firstly to obtain a liscence requires joining of a shooting club,with a probationary period of at least 6 months,during which time the police carry out background checks before you can even try shooting.and then upon applying for a liscence they do already carry out a check on your mental health and contact your g.p.even the you must state a good reason for owning a firearm such as competative target shooting or farm management.even then they will probably restict you to just 1 or 2 guns,and only allow small amounts of ammunition.
and as there are by definition many people in a shooting club the “loners” you describe could simply not exist as they would be kicked out of the club.i and my long term partner have been competative shooting shooting at national level for a number of years.and have never met a single person who i believed to be a risk to the public,generally they are amoungst some of the nicest people you are likeley to meet.target shooting is a perfectly healthy and legitimate sport
secondly your ignorance of the current law is laughable,you really should have done your homework
pistols are already prohibited since 1997,automatic weapons have been banned since 1920.and semi automatic rifles which were banned in 1998 are restricted to low powered .22 only.with the exception of shotguns,which are generally limited to 2 shots thank god the greens will never get into power.the greens may as well be racsist like the b.n.p as their blind predudice is so similar.
your fiream policies are based on ignorance and predudice not fact.