“That the subjects… may have arms for their defence suitable to their conditions and as allowed by law” – The English Bill of Rights.

Nigel Farage, of the UK Independence Party (UKIP), gave an interview where he made a sane and rational statement: “I think the ban on handguns is ludicrous.”

Unsurprisingly, some freedom-hating Brits think this is a scary idea:

.@UKIP wants to legalise hand guns (http://t.co/GvP8mfKQpK). RT so people know what the UK is facing pic.twitter.com/qik8IOO5I2 MT @Voftheppl — Ana Jenkins (@anajenkins) August 17, 2014

While she sees an indictment. We see a bit of sanity starting to show up.

Farage is only pushing for a mild and limited extension of a fundamental right:

“I would not like us to go to the American System which strikes me as being absolutely crazy that you can go and buy automatic repeating rifles down at a local gun shop that looks more like a supermarket.”

Baby Steps.

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