Eeyore wrote:

No coyotes here but the recommended device for eradication of vermin is a
shotgun and unlike handguns these are NOT banned in the UK.

A .22 is better for rabbits and foxes and you'll have a heap of trouble
trying to get one. Shotguns are really only OK close up, and for vermin
a pump action would be better than a the twin bore shotguns permitted by
law.

I know you won't see the point, but the UK government doesn't restrict
guns out of fear for the safety of its citizens. They do so because they
fear for the safety of their own backsides.