Yes Peter and Beery: Harder laws don't stop gun crime, as proved by the non-effect of the handgun ban. Not that they still don't like a stab now and then in the face of all evidence to the contrary: who could forget the appalling scheme to ban all deactivated guns, as put forward in the wake of the shooting of a young lad (with undoubtedly an illegal weapon) by a minister desperate to show willing to tackle the 'problem'. At least the wind doesn't seem to be blowing in too disastrous a direction in terms of new legislation at present!