I'm from the UK where debates about guns don't exist.

[beevul]

269. Thats what I thought.

The type of weapons youre referring to, are tightly controlled by the national firearms act of 1934, and by definition are either fully automatic, or fire in burst mode.

Iether way, that fact that youre referring to that class of weapon, clarifies your earlier assertion:

"Can you imagine if, god forbid, Brit boys had greater access to combat-ready assault weapons à la USA?"

People in America, can't just go buy that class of weapon, with a simple background check, for a few hundred dollars, at "joes gun store".

That class of weapon, requires a very extensive background check, a 200 dollar tax stamp, permission from your local chief leo.They are also in fixxed supply, and garner from a few thousand to over twenty thousand dollars each.

Those types of weapons are not "on the streets" as they say, in America, in any way shape size or form.