Actually in most industrialized countries one can possess a firearm with a permit. It's just that the restrictions are extreme, and getting one is also extremel

Actually in most industrialized countries one can possess a firearm with a permit. It's just that the restrictions are extreme, and getting one is also extremely difficult. I'm living in the UK and I could get a rifle licence if I really wanted to, it's just that the restrictions are far too severe. Must be straight-pull that's manufactured that way, not converted. Makes an AR-15 equivalent worth $5k. That is after you have spent a year on getting the permit and other technicalities. Instead I just travel to eastern europe or the United States every now and then to shoot some guns as the rules are a lot more lax in say, Poland, Estonia, Czech Republic and Latvia. In those countries you can generally go to a range and they'll accomodate you. Although ammunition costs about 5-10x what it would cost in the States.