The detail that many people that are not licensed to carry, or live in other countries do not realize is that many states do not license the concealed gun, they license the person to carry a concealed weapon e.g. gun, knife, and or any other weapon not specifically banned for self-defense purposes. Another problem with implementing gun control here in the USA is the fact that many guns are not registered, so the government has no idea of actually how many guns are held by the private citizens, so the feds may get a few but will never get them all. Americans have resisted all attempts by government to require registration of guns because registration records is what allowed the British government to know exactly who had what and how much ammo and where it was kept. That made it real easy for them to take all guns from the British citizens then. Another reason I think gun control will be intensely resisted is because many Americans consider owning guns a right like that right about free speech the democrats and Westboro Trash bunch like using so much. I am curious though how many good ole Brits would keep a gun if they were not banned by their rulers? I was reading an article earlier concerning what types of methods can be used for self-defense in England and the article said that Mace, stun guns, and knives are banned for self-defense also. Could one of the U.K. members enlighten me about whether Mace and stun guns are illegal for self defense in the U.K. and if so, what are acceptable weapons and or methods for self-defense in the U.K.?