http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080923/ap_on_re_eu/eu_finland_school_shooting
Holy crap...this is weird. Also I didn't know that there were 1.6 million people who own firearms in Finland. I've never been a gun nut, just mainly a hunter, and I've never really been for or against handgun control, but this is the first shooting in Finland as far as I know.
I think this is a testament to the fact that while I believe handguns are a problem in the US, I don't think they are a problem in and of themselves. This is a tragedy of course, but it really sets the debate for the old, "guns don't kill ppl, ppl kill ppl" argument. AND THEY ARE ALLOWED TO HAVE THEM AT AGE 15 IN FINLAND!!! Unbelievable.
It just goes to show, I guess, that the problems with violence in the US don't stem from the ease of obtaining a weapon, but from the level of stupidity with ppl on a massive scale in our society. This is of course a single case and is a tragedy, but to think that they have even more lenient laws than the US on firearms, yet seemingly almost none of the problems. I firmly believe it's a societal problem, and the idiots should be sterilized.
Holy crap...this is weird. Also I didn't know that there were 1.6 million people who own firearms in Finland. I've never been a gun nut, just mainly a hunter, and I've never really been for or against handgun control, but this is the first shooting in Finland as far as I know.
I think this is a testament to the fact that while I believe handguns are a problem in the US, I don't think they are a problem in and of themselves. This is a tragedy of course, but it really sets the debate for the old, "guns don't kill ppl, ppl kill ppl" argument. AND THEY ARE ALLOWED TO HAVE THEM AT AGE 15 IN FINLAND!!! Unbelievable.
It just goes to show, I guess, that the problems with violence in the US don't stem from the ease of obtaining a weapon, but from the level of stupidity with ppl on a massive scale in our society. This is of course a single case and is a tragedy, but to think that they have even more lenient laws than the US on firearms, yet seemingly almost none of the problems. I firmly believe it's a societal problem, and the idiots should be sterilized.