Britain's gun laws and what we could have learned from them

I know the U.S. is a different country than Great Britain, but they are our closest of allies and once in a while we might consider that we don't have the best answers as to how to live in a peaceful society. Sometimes we can learn from others. It is too late to roll back the clock, but it is worthwhile to look at the gun laws in Britain. This from Wikipedia:

Gun politics in the United Kingdom

"Gun politics in the United Kingdom generally places its main considerations on how best to ensure public safety and how deaths involving firearms can most effectively be prevented. Despite its largely urbanised population, the United Kingdom has one of the lowest rates of gun homicides in the world. Its police officers do not routinely carry a firearm, and both the public and the police prefer this to continue. Gun ownership levels have traditionally been low. This was the case even before the imposition of modern firearm legislation. Hunting with firearms was always a relatively elite activity and 'gun sports' relatively uncommon. Recent mass shootings by persons with licenced rifles and hand guns have led to what is believed to be some of the strictest firearms legislation in the world.

In Scotland, since power to legislate on firearms was reserved to the UK Parliament under the Scotland Act 1998 that established a Scottish Parliament, this has led to tensions between Westminster and Holyrood with the Scottish Government wanting to enact still stricter laws."

Maybe its time we do something and pass some gun restriction laws with teeth and get the guns off the streets! What do you think?