Milsurp After Hours

The government have published details of how many firearms and shotguns are legally held in the UK. The numbers are very small from a population of around 70 million people. It reflects the hoops we have to jump through to own a firearm, so many people who would like to own a gun just don't bother. You have to be keen on shooting to go through the process. There is no such thing as casual firearms ownership in the UK.
Regards
Peter.
https://www.gov.uk/government/statistic ... march-2026

The number of license holders is small as you say. What's interesting to me is that 69% of the license holders are age 50 and older. The younger generations don't seem to be interested enough to jump through all of the hoops of inspection and permission and taxation.

0.2% (893) were aged 17 years or under
11% (53,046) were aged 18 to 34
20% (94,525) were aged 35 to 49
35% (163,449) were aged 50 to 64
34% (158,872) were aged 65 and over