I do not agree with that.
Where I live in the States, I could drop into any of dozen retail outlets on the way home from the office and pick up as many new pistols or even semi-automatic assault rifles and as much ammo as I can carry.
Of course the 'straw purchasers' do just that, buy-em in Georgian, sell-em in NYC or Mexico, but I digress...
If I wanted to get something illegal...let's say I wanted a kilo of Heroin. To be honest, I would not know where to start....bars in seedy part of town? Online? Even then, the illegality of the item means I could get shot or arrested walking into a sting operation.
In the UK, getting any sort of weapon would be like me getting my kilo of heroin.
