SIMPLE RESTRICTIONS!
sorry mate, you cant own that single barrel 12 bore because you cant show 'genuine need, genuine reason for it'
so in other words, you cant own a gun...
Yep if the genuine need is to shoot up some bottles after a 6 pack with friends and maybe the wife after an argument, which is the case for many...
My kids are becoming old enough now to not have completely stupid accidents - but now gun laws tightened so much that owning hand guns requires you to show you really are into hobby shooting and owning a shotgun or rifle requires you to get a hunting license. Still Finland has about 2 million guns for 5 million people. It's practically impossible to get a gun permit for self defence unless you carry money for work.
I know for a fact that I can't let my wife handle guns at all. She tried my uncles 357 magnum one time and she managed almost to shoot a hole in my car door or her own toe. Granted it did have a very sensitive trigger. We didn't let her shoot after that
I had my own scary moment too years ago with a .22LR. I shot a flat block of steel/aluminium scrap at a scrap yard. The bullet flattened perfectly flat, bounced back and hit me right between my eyes. I wouldn't believe that happened if it didn't happen to me. Luckily it had lost all its energy by the time it bounced to my head.
