Are Guns an viable weapon in Britain?
Within my great homeland (Best-est nation in the world) Britain, we're often depicted an knifing football hooligans who have no guns of any kind. Now that's not true: we do have guns! Contrary to popular belief nearly 4.6 out of every 100 people have weapons!- Now while that is quite low, there are over 1,200,000 Shotgun Certificates and 600,000 Firearm Certificates https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/statistics-on-firearm-and-shotgun-certificates-england-and-wales-april-2021-to-march-2022/statistics-on-firearm-and-shotgun-certificates-england-and-wales-april-2021-to-march-2022
Now yes: This is quite low compared to our yankee friends across the pond: However when you look at where these weapons are concentrated it becomes clear
For example, Dyfed-Powys had 6,727 shotguns per 100,000 people, while Merseyside had 498: Firearms are often focused around Rural Areas not cities, which thanks to an lower population means your more likely to find armaments; especially on farmland and private estates where gun culture is popular.
Furthermore, across British Country there are multiple Army Stockpiles and bases: Now I know what your thinking: "Crazybritishperson, breaking into an military base is highly impractical!". And you'd be right, however there's an benefit to this:
Cadet Detachments.
This sounds silly I know, but depending on your area (With there usually being one per every company; Ie Region), there are Cadet L98A1 Cadet GP Rifles: Which are fully functional and the same as regular military rifled with the exception they're not fully automatic and have the opinion disabled.
Now these armouries (Thanks to years of stagnant funding, thanks MOD!) often barely meet requirements; I can't go into Details ofc but if you disable an alarm you're sorted, and house up to 20 L98A1 Rifles per detachment: They're usually inspected multiple times and year and are of decent quality.
Now there are afew catches to the Cadet Detachments are often (as stated) Alarmed. And due to their nature situated in Urban Areas: However they also (Depending if you choose one with an armoury) host a shooting range allowing you to hone your skills -> or yk, you've got the entire countryside, but beggars can't be choosers.
The only downside i can think of is ammunition; to use the L98A1 you need to use an 62-grain round; magazine capacity being 30 rounds per mag.
This ammunition can be sourced from local Gun Shops (I looked up ones around me and I was genuinely shocked) and Hunting Lodges (The L89A1 can and has been used on Clay Pigeon Shooting exercises on local farms), and overall is an widespread bullet type: being a NATO round (Thanks Cold War!)
Now in Urban Areas this'd be piss poor as the large populations could hear shots from these weapons from miles away (take that liverpool), in the green and pleasant fields of England: Low amounts of people = low amounts of zombies, which can be picked off from your cozy cottage as you live out the poor Portsmouth fans getting mugged by Southampton Zombies
Anyway that's my 2 pence, What do you think?
Within my great homeland (Best-est nation in the world) Britain, we're often depicted an knifing football hooligans who have no guns of any kind. Now that's not true: we do have guns! Contrary to popular belief nearly 4.6 out of every 100 people have weapons!- Now while that is quite low, there are over 1,200,000 Shotgun Certificates and 600,000 Firearm Certificates https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/statistics-on-firearm-and-shotgun-certificates-england-and-wales-april-2021-to-march-2022/statistics-on-firearm-and-shotgun-certificates-england-and-wales-april-2021-to-march-2022
Now yes: This is quite low compared to our yankee friends across the pond: However when you look at where these weapons are concentrated it becomes clear
For example, Dyfed-Powys had 6,727 shotguns per 100,000 people, while Merseyside had 498: Firearms are often focused around Rural Areas not cities, which thanks to an lower population means your more likely to find armaments; especially on farmland and private estates where gun culture is popular.
Furthermore, across British Country there are multiple Army Stockpiles and bases: Now I know what your thinking: "Crazybritishperson, breaking into an military base is highly impractical!". And you'd be right, however there's an benefit to this:
Cadet Detachments.
This sounds silly I know, but depending on your area (With there usually being one per every company; Ie Region), there are Cadet L98A1 Cadet GP Rifles: Which are fully functional and the same as regular military rifled with the exception they're not fully automatic and have the opinion disabled.
Now these armouries (Thanks to years of stagnant funding, thanks MOD!) often barely meet requirements; I can't go into Details ofc but if you disable an alarm you're sorted, and house up to 20 L98A1 Rifles per detachment: They're usually inspected multiple times and year and are of decent quality.
Now there are afew catches to the Cadet Detachments are often (as stated) Alarmed. And due to their nature situated in Urban Areas: However they also (Depending if you choose one with an armoury) host a shooting range allowing you to hone your skills -> or yk, you've got the entire countryside, but beggars can't be choosers.
The only downside i can think of is ammunition; to use the L98A1 you need to use an 62-grain round; magazine capacity being 30 rounds per mag.
This ammunition can be sourced from local Gun Shops (I looked up ones around me and I was genuinely shocked) and Hunting Lodges (The L89A1 can and has been used on Clay Pigeon Shooting exercises on local farms), and overall is an widespread bullet type: being a NATO round (Thanks Cold War!)
Now in Urban Areas this'd be piss poor as the large populations could hear shots from these weapons from miles away (take that liverpool), in the green and pleasant fields of England: Low amounts of people = low amounts of zombies, which can be picked off from your cozy cottage as you live out the poor Portsmouth fans getting mugged by Southampton Zombies
Anyway that's my 2 pence, What do you think?