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| Topic | Iceland is a gun-loving country but has no shooting murders since a decade ago |
| Mackorov 05/29/18 2:04:50 AM #1: | https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/iceland-gun-loving-country-no-shooting-murders-2007-n872726 Iceland is part of NATO but has no standing army. From this perspective, the idea of allowing ordinary people to buy military-grade weapons such as the infamous AR-15 seems "crazy, absolutely crazy," according to Icelandic lawyer var Plsson. "When you have an automatic gun in your home, anybody can access it, your children or anyone else," he says. Plsson is responsible for giving one of the lectures that leads up to the gun exam. Vilhjlmsson, the city gunsmith, gives another, as well as the tests at the shooting range. The entire process is administered by the Environment Agency of Iceland. Like his fellow classmates, Gararsson now has to wait to see if he has passed. If not, it might be annoying to hit the books again but he believes Iceland should never consider adopting a more American-style regime. "That people can go into a store and buy a gun, it's ridiculous for me," he says. "If something snaps in his head then he's able to do it in just one hour go to a store, buy a gun, go to a guy he's angry at and shoot him." ... Copied to Clipboard! |
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