Ok it’s easy to blame the police, but it really isn’t their fault. They don’t make the rules, they have to live with them , just as we do.
Successive governments over decades have made things more difficult for us and the coppers. The excuse being to reduce the risk of gun crime, something that we and the police know has not worked.
Very few legally held guns are used in crime, everyone knows that, including the police.
Basically I don’t believe that governments in this country, no matter what party, actually like an armed population.
If you look back at firearms licensing history in the U.K., it’s gradually got tougher since the end of WW1.
It ain’t going get any better anytime soon!