I'm afraid your logic is flawed.

You cannot attribute "isolated" handgun offences to the ineffectiveness of the handgun ban, because you cannot say with any certaintly that there would not have been a further similar Dunblane atrocity had the ban not been implemented.

In fact, the only certainty you can give is that there has NOT been another atrocity -- such as Dunblane -- since the introduction of the handgun ban.

The use of illegal handguns in crime has been going on for a very long time and of course legislation will not alter its use or impact in society. What the ban has possibly done is prevent some nutter running amok with a legally held weapon. And that's the point.

Your claim too that violent crime has skyrocketed is factually wrong. It has dropped 40% since 1995.

Finally, your suggestion that if we all ran around with Kalashnikovs it is likely to solve things is pretty silly, you have to admit.