jgoins - please read what I actually said before spouting off. I never said that criminals here are unlikely to carry guns because they can't get them, I said they are unlikely to carry guns because they don't feel the need to. That said, criminals, petty ones at least, are usually not the smartest or richest of people, so the fact that guns are hard to come by here probably does contribute to them not having a gun.

Also, our gun crime has not gone down and crime has not risen due to any change in gun law - the laws have always been strict.