Actually you can. I did not, nor have I ever said, you can walk out with it there and then...but of course you can walk in and buy one. While we're on the subject, let me state right here that I am not in any way against people having the right to own a gun over here, not at all. But that's over here...there are way too many guns out there already to institute control now.
I bow to your superior knowledge of my country Blanca. You might want to sit down and write a stern letter to the Prime Minister and share your concerns. Interestingly, I have yet to talk with a single person over there who shares your view that we should have free access to firearms as you do here, but hey...we obviously don't know what's good for us...luckily you do. And as for the knife related injuries...I am not sure where that figure came from and I'd appreciate the source being cited because the last clear data I can find is from 2006 when there were 1200 reported stabbings. So either this 60,000 includes kitchen injuries or it was simply pulled out of someone's arse mate.
There are 15 homicides per million people in Britain and 60 per million in the US (88% of which are by firearms). That's four times the rate here compared to there. Not sure why, it certainly can't be because of the lack of arms control right?...no doubt we're just naturally sweeter than Americans.
Thanks again for your insight into my country.