RvR, there are many a UK household that has a rifle or shotgun in the rafters of the attic, cellar or barn - Don't let 'em fool ya' 
The McEwing's are a good sized clan in the Northern Scottish hills as well as in the NE part of the states. 
I play some video games with a Brit.
His grandfather passed away last words where " in the wall, I love you "
No one knew what the hell he meant for a long time. They went to remodeling and found a sten with magazines. A Negant pistol and boxes of ammo.
They turned them in like good model servants and they where smelted.
Fuckin idiots