But that has to be cultural reaction as well. The UK was subject through the 80s/90s to a persistent, genuine, armed terrorist threat in the form of Irish repub

But that has to be cultural reaction as well. The UK was subject through the 80s/90s to a persistent, genuine, armed terrorist threat in the form of Irish republican and unionist terrorism. If the reaction of the population of Northern Ireland and England to that had been to demand that they be allowed to arm themselves, I don't think we'd have ever reached an end to the Troubles.