[jbssm]

Since when the right for self defence calls for the use of fire guns?

Basically every society preserved the right to self defence from the time humans first started to gather until now in more advanced cultures where gun possession is strictly controlled.

[spacecowboy_lon]

Uk Legal precedent for one, its only post the general strike in 26 when Churchill panicked and brought in restrictions.

Ready any Sherlock Holmes story and you can see that Watson often caries a gun for protection.