Capital punishment isn't illegal in the UK - we just don't do it anymore. The punishment for High Treason is still death by hanging - that statute was never removed from the books; no-one's been accused of High Treason in decades though. Just because we don't do it anymore, that doesn't mean it's illegal.
Gun ownership is still legal in the UK; it's just incredibly bound up in red tape. The only guns you are legally allowed to have at home are hunting rifles, and you have to have a permit and an approved gun cabinet where they are kept locked. Sporting pistols have to be kept at an approved and licensed firing range.
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Date: Tuesday, 19 May 2009 10:08 pm (UTC)From:Gun ownership is still legal in the UK; it's just incredibly bound up in red tape. The only guns you are legally allowed to have at home are hunting rifles, and you have to have a permit and an approved gun cabinet where they are kept locked. Sporting pistols have to be kept at an approved and licensed firing range.