Kleck actually making some sense on lenient gun laws

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26. I don't wonder how many Londoners regretted UK gun laws

I know it is very, very few. The last thing the vast majority of Brits want is a gun invasion like we have here. They blink in disbelief at the handgun homicide rates here. Even the cops don't want guns and for good reason. Street violence is far more prevalent in the UK. I worked as a cop in the UK during the Mods and Rockers era and the level of raw violence was mind boggling. Street violence in the UK is an age old class sport and it can get bloody, but there are rules, and no guns is the number one rule. Even back then, in the sixties, when guns were more available. Same thing with career criminals, no guns. Those who break that rule are pariahs.
Most of those using guns in the UK are either gang members emulating their American counterparts or eastern European thugs who have not learned or refuse to play by the rules. This relatively new phenomenon, coupled with terrorism has necessitated certain police units being armed.

You are correct in assuming that restrictions will inevitably lead to some victims who may have been able to defend themselves. I honestly believe that number is infinitesimal, as UK crime stats demonstrate.