Which Brit PM Was In Office In 1997? (Gun Law Issue)

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On another forum, a group of liberal ladies are arguing with me about British gun laws. One Scot defends Tony Blair and his Labour Party over the 1997 handgun ban, saying that it was really the product of John Major and his Tory party, before Labour won the next election.

I certainly feel that Blair and Labour are anti-gun, but who actually passed that law?

Any UK members recall?

Not sure if this should go in the legal section or not, and thought it would be more likely to be seen here...

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Google says blair won the election in 1997. I'm not familiar with the British system, but i would think that would mean he wasn't in office to sign the law. Are there actually any major pro-gun politicians in England? The politicians seem pretty united in their hoplophobia over there.
 
Handgun law in response to dunblane and rise in inner city gun crime. Blair govt. entered office may '97.

All parties at best lukewarm over gun control.
 
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Thanks, but which PM actually pushed the law through Parliament?

My recollection is that there was a lot of pressure from the media and the sheeple over the Dunblane shootings, and that Major at least tried to except .22 pistols...but that Labour overruled him.

Who was the member of the House of Lords who was told to study the matter, and concluded that another gun law would not affect crime, and would only disarm lawabiding people who were no threat to public safety? The leftist media frothed at the mouth about him and Prince Phillip, who also saw no point to such a law.

Thanks,

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'Twas both parties. The Tories drafted the hangun ban, but left in the .22 target pistols used in ISSF shooting with a requirement that they be stored on ranges, then Labour used the "they've not done enough" line to get elected and banned all the cartridge pistols. (Note that you can now shoot pistols in the UK, it's not a simple outright ban - the longarm .22lr pistols are legal, so is the "patriot" pistol which is a .32 pistol that gets around the ban by being a sort-of muzzle loader. Ingenuity, but a shame to see it required).
 
Yup.

When it comes to British politicians on guns (and the majority of the British electorate if the politicians are any way representative of the electorate), your choices are between "idiotic", "moronic", "retarded" and "insane".

My apologies to any mentally challenged folks I might have offended by comparing them to Britain's politicians.
 
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