"I think I remember in 2003 Iraqi invasion that a local Iraqi farmer shot down a US Apache helicopter gun ship with a Lee Enfield .303 Mk4."


That does not make it an AA gun just a lucky shot.

Actually this post was a response to Bentirran not Norad.

Bentirran,
I lived in England as boy and remember the "Bobbies" who did not carry guns at all. Now when I see the news I see British police as armed as any US SWAT team. So now your cops are loaded down and the citizens are helpless to resist. You live in a much less free society than when I lived there.

Here in the US there is NO sensible limit because we are free to resist our government. The media and leaders of your fine land have brainwashed you all into thinking you are safer when in fact it is the politicians who are safer. You are less safe because you depend on others for your safety and gave up your rights in the process.

I loved my time in England as a child but with knife laws as they are alone I will probably not return.