You must understand that most people in the UK want this. Er, really? Who says so? I don't recall being asked if I wanted any self-serving government dick-head who felt like it, accessing information about me, at will, possibly to try and find a way of prosecuting me for something, excluding me from something, or including me in something. Because the government don't tell us in the news "we are doing something to take away more of your rights" most people just don't even realise it's happening until it's too late.

If it is IMPOSSIBLE TO MAKE THINGS POINTY - then how would you get a pointy knife?

The posession and use of private firearms is not illegal in the UK - anyone except for convicted criminals can own and use a firearm, subject to police checks, and having a valid reason to own and use a firearm.

The RIPA act http://security.homeoffice.gov.uk/ripa/ makes it an offence to NOT disclose passwords when required, by the law enforcement agencies of this country. Non disclosure is punishable by up two years imprisonment!