And....as I grew up in Sweden...where its almost impossible to get a permit for guns....rifles, you need a hunting ground first, pistols , you need to show that your part of a club or such for target shooting.... but nowhere was there an age requirement (this was in the 60s)...BUT....I knew where I could get a semi automatic , like the army had, in 10 minutes , illegally! just because they are illegal doesn't mean you cannot get them....stolen goods sold on "black market' (= on the street somewhere), so it means ONLY people who break the law has them.....and todays Sweden , you read in the paper almost daily about "shootings"....
and if you gays recall, I think it was 1994, a Scot was shot in Houston while here as tourist...it was in my neighborhood...most of Europe kept saying US need gun regulations, this would never happen in Europe! about a year later later there was this school shooting in Scotland! 16 school children dead ! after that, not a word...I think it was callend Dunblane ...