Well you must have got that impression from somewhere and I am interested to find out where as I hear it so often it's starting to worry me.
The prohibited list is large and is not likely to get any smaller as gun control is a one way street but the following link should make plain exactly what is still permitted in Great Britain, note that the law in Northen Ireland is different.
http://www.met.police.uk/firearms-en...s/f_prohb1.htm