Reply #35: If an American millionaire were determined to kill his family and himself,

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the absence or illegal status of guns would not stop him.

Mr. Foster surely knew he was being recorded taking the gun from the stables at his own estate, and would be pegged with murder. Murder is still taken at least slightly more seriously than illegal gun possession, isn't it?!

I guess these murders would have been much better if they had been committed with some other weapon. "Sir, your daughter and grandchildren were just murdered." "Oh my God" says the bereaved grandfather before collapsing. "Look on the bright side, sir" says the detective, "at least no guns were involved." "Thanks," comes the grateful reply. "That really consoles me."

American millionaires are typically resourceful--at least the ones who didn't inherit it like Paris Hilton. British millionaires must be really dense. Otherwise this story's point is hard to find.