Chris, thanks for the facts. As much as we hate the fact you lost your gun, we love the fact that we gained you.
At to criticism about your giving up your guns; people have to understand the major difference in the legal situation between the UK and the US. For you having guns was a privilege allowed by the govenment. Here having guns is a right that is being eroded by the government. The reaction to an order to turn in your guns in the US would have been unthinkable in the UK. The other difference is the number of gun owners and the number of guns. I figure that the state of Alabama with 4.5 million people has more gun owners and more guns than the UK had at its greatest number. Here if there is a turn in your guns order you have a civil war. There even if all gun owners refused it would still have been a violent protest. I for one am glad you made the wise decision and then came to the US.