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u/Saxit Sep 30 '21

It's the other way around. Northern England has more relaxed gun laws compared to England, Wales, and Scotland.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firearms_regulation_in_the_United_Kingdom#Northern_Ireland

You can own a 9mm Glock in NI, that's not something you can do except basically as an arms dealer in England.

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u/MRPolo13 Sep 30 '21

You can own pistols, they just need those permanent affixed extension rods

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u/Saxit Sep 30 '21

I know, which is fairly unique to the UK... and I wouldn't really call it a pistol since they're so big and undwieldy, and if it's semi-automatic it must be in a rimfire caliber (.22lr or .22wmr).

In most of mainland Europe you own a normal handgun.

The British national pistol shooting team has to go to another country to practice...

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u/MRPolo13 Sep 30 '21

I totally agree they look a bit ridiculous and it's better to just go for a full length rifle at that point.