Comments on: End of Handgun Sports in Finland? http://www.pagunblog.com/2008/09/24/end-of-handgun-sports-in-finland/ The right of the citizens to bear arms in defense of themselves and the State ... Fri, 10 Feb 2012 08:20:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: SteVe http://www.pagunblog.com/2008/09/24/end-of-handgun-sports-in-finland/#comment-30246 SteVe Thu, 25 Sep 2008 12:05:21 +0000 http://www.snowflakesinhell.com/?p=5472#comment-30246 Fred, why is it a problem that the country is 'awash' with unregistered weapons? Every article I've ready about the shooting says that crime overall in Finland is very low. All those unregistered firearms & weapons don't seem to be doing the damage, the kid used a pistol he had a permit for. Fred, why is it a problem that the country is ‘awash’ with unregistered weapons? Every article I’ve ready about the shooting says that crime overall in Finland is very low. All those unregistered firearms & weapons don’t seem to be doing the damage, the kid used a pistol he had a permit for.

]]> By: Brent G. http://www.pagunblog.com/2008/09/24/end-of-handgun-sports-in-finland/#comment-30241 Brent G. Thu, 25 Sep 2008 03:01:50 +0000 http://www.snowflakesinhell.com/?p=5472#comment-30241 Well the Finnish prime minister is all ready to enact stricter gun laws. Guess he can't wait to replicate the peace and security enjoyed by the Brits since England pretty much banned guns. Oh...wait....um....England is a bad example. Look at Chicago instead...no, wait. District of Columbia, yeah that's it. Uh....hmmmm...... Is it too late for the Fins to rethink this? Well the Finnish prime minister is all ready to enact stricter gun laws. Guess he can’t wait to replicate the peace and security enjoyed by the Brits since England pretty much banned guns. Oh…wait….um….England is a bad example. Look at Chicago instead…no, wait. District of Columbia, yeah that’s it.

Uh….hmmmm……

Is it too late for the Fins to rethink this?

]]> By: Fred Fry http://www.pagunblog.com/2008/09/24/end-of-handgun-sports-in-finland/#comment-30195 Fred Fry Wed, 24 Sep 2008 14:26:44 +0000 http://www.snowflakesinhell.com/?p=5472#comment-30195 I don't know. I have been talking with a friend over there and his only mention about 45's was that if I move back and bring my 45 with me, that I should seriously consider taking up reloading as a hobby as ammo is expensive. One problems the Finns have is that the country is awash in unregistered handguns and heavier weapons mostly leftover from WWII. A second problem is that Finns are not shy when it come to killing people with anything they can get their hands on. One summer ago one guy went into a store, stole a knive and killed the first person he ran across, some unlucky Dutch tourist. There have been I think two axe attacks recently, one on a metro train. When I was living there, my favorite news headline was "Engineer kills wife with frying pan." I don't think will result in much, if any changes in the law other than perhaps raising the age limit for owning a gun. However, that would have had no effect in this case as he was already 22. I don’t know. I have been talking with a friend over there and his only mention about 45′s was that if I move back and bring my 45 with me, that I should seriously consider taking up reloading as a hobby as ammo is expensive.

One problems the Finns have is that the country is awash in unregistered handguns and heavier weapons mostly leftover from WWII.

A second problem is that Finns are not shy when it come to killing people with anything they can get their hands on. One summer ago one guy went into a store, stole a knive and killed the first person he ran across, some unlucky Dutch tourist. There have been I think two axe attacks recently, one on a metro train. When I was living there, my favorite news headline was “Engineer kills wife with frying pan.”

I don’t think will result in much, if any changes in the law other than perhaps raising the age limit for owning a gun. However, that would have had no effect in this case as he was already 22.

]]> By: Robb Allen http://www.pagunblog.com/2008/09/24/end-of-handgun-sports-in-finland/#comment-30194 Robb Allen Wed, 24 Sep 2008 14:20:16 +0000 http://www.snowflakesinhell.com/?p=5472#comment-30194 Again, I'll ask my question (without shamelessly linking to my post!) - Why are there calls for controls after a tragic shooting, but not calls to relax the laws after dozens upon dozens of stories of self defense each week? Again, I’ll ask my question (without shamelessly linking to my post!) – Why are there calls for controls after a tragic shooting, but not calls to relax the laws after dozens upon dozens of stories of self defense each week?

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