UK Police Struggle To Stop Flow Of Guns That Laws Did Nothing To Stop

By Tom Knighton

The United Kingdom has every advantage when it comes to enforcing gun control, at least as described by American gun control activists.

You see, our gun grabbers like to claim that the reason states like California have so much gun-related crime despite their strict gun control policies is that guns flow in from other states, places with more lax regulations.

The UK has none of that, though. For one, it’s an island. The only car access to the island comes via France which also has strict gun control. In fact, Europe is one big gun control activist dreamland. There’s no way guns are coming into the UK from more permissive environments.

Yet they still keep having trouble, don’t they?

Police and border officials are struggling to stop a rising supply of illegal firearms being smuggled into Britain, a senior police chief has warned.

Chief constable Andy Cooke, the national police lead for serious and organised crime, said law enforcement had seen an increased supply of guns over the past year, and feared that it would continue in 2019.

The Guardian has learned that the situation is so serious that the National Crime Agency has taken the rare step of using its …Read the Rest

Source:: Bearing Arms