I much prefer the teaching aspect !! I was 4 when my Dad let me help shoot an old goose gun !! Knocked us both down !! Back then kids were taught much better than they are today and no one went around shooting up anything we weren`t supposed to !! And if we so much as killed a bird that wasn`t eaten,, we were in trouble !! We were taught how and how not to handle a gun,,and more than that we were taught that there were consequences for what we did !! They don`t do the same today !! The worst thing you can do is to hide a gun like its something mysterious because kids are curious and when they don`t know what will happen if they pull that trigger,, the results are disasterous !! You can`t hide things from a child and expect them to know what not to do !! They,, in my opinion, need to hold that gun and fire it in order to respect it !!
As far as the UK,, Wullie,, if a person is intent on killing someone with a gun or without,, they will find a way !! Guns are not the only thing that kills !!
OK !! Off my soapbox !!