It has been years since the UK smallbore Olympic rifle team was forced to practice out of the country, which should tell you all you need know as to draconian laws.

Ask Neal as to knife restrictions there, if you truly wish to be depressed.

To stay only somewhat on current topic, I still own my very first BB gun in box and with papers from the late 60s, and only other air rifle is my trusty Benjamin .22 pump, which has pasted uncounted raiding and smaller bird killing grackles at feeders, oftimes 30yds out and then up in treetops, likewise squirrel and even hawk using feeders as lunch buffet.