I remember that foot note of yours about voting it in, but needing a gun to get it out,

Carrying,open or not is not on the cards here, they are too frightened of the indigenous anglo saxon.
you should see how draconian the police are.
A neighbour of mine used to put on a wild west show, cowboy shoot outs etc, entertaining for the kids at local fetes.
He had lots old blackpowder hand guns, rifles etc, an old boy,harmless,had shot guns for a bit of rabbit/pheasant liek lots in this rural area.

Shortly before he died the police turned up mob handed at his house and took all his guns away.

Why? his son who lived with him had been labelled a danger to himself and others because he was diagnosed as 'Depressed'

Any excuse.

To arm ourselves we'll need to raid the mosques,