My, how England has changed! Found this over at THR. Found this in an article about George Orwell. I'm sure we all know that Orwell wrote of Britain: "That rifle hanging on the wall of the working-class flat or labourer's cottage is the symbol of democracy, and it is our job to make sure that it stays there." He described the totalitarian universe of 1984 as "a world where firearms...were completely unprocurable." Here's the extract: