How is this possible in Finland??

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2...23/2372515.htm
apparently there are a lot of guns in Finland....
And very polite but ineffective police:
'Police reached him on Monday, September 22, and asked him to be
interviewed regarding the shooting video," Ms Holmlund said.'

Would you *want* the police to be so effective that they rounded
up everybody found be acting weirdly within minutes?

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Would you *want* the police to be so effective that they rounded
up everybody found be acting weirdly within minutes?

No way!

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Tim C. writes:

Even without guns.

Guns facilitate the violence by orders of magnitude.

Markku Grönroos writes:

Prime minister Vanhanen has speculated by a possibility that all hand guns
will become illegal in civilian hands by a new set of laws.

Presumably mass murder is already illegal, but that didn't stop this person.

I've never pictured Finland as a place where people own handguns to begin
with. Is this common? What are the requirements for buying and owning a
handgun today?

On Wed, 24 Sep 2008 22:29:21 +0200, Mxsmanic
wrote:

Tim C. writes:

Even without guns.

Guns facilitate the violence by orders of magnitude.

I don't know if they facilitate violence by orders of magnitude,
and I don't imagine you have a speck of data to support that
claim, but I do suspect they facilitate more extreme consequences
of violence.

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Hatunen writes:

I don't know if they facilitate violence by orders of magnitude,
and I don't imagine you have a speck of data to support that
claim, but I do suspect they facilitate more extreme consequences
of violence.

How many people have been killed in mass murders in Finnish schools by weapons
other than guns?

On Thu, 25 Sep 2008 01:58:06 +0200, Mxsmanic
wrote:

Hatunen writes:

I don't know if they facilitate violence by orders of magnitude,
and I don't imagine you have a speck of data to support that
claim, but I do suspect they facilitate more extreme consequences
of violence.

How many people have been killed in mass murders in Finnish schools by weapons
other than guns?

Please re-read what I said until you comprehend it.

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On Wed, 24 Sep 2008 20:51:44 -0700, Hatunen wrote in post :
:


Please re-read what I said until you comprehend it.

Comprehension isn't one of Mixi's strong points.

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"Tim C." wrote in message
...
On Wed, 24 Sep 2008 20:51:44 -0700, Hatunen wrote in post :
:


Please re-read what I said until you comprehend it.

Comprehension isn't one of Mixi's strong points.


Mixi doesn't have ANY strong points.
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On Thu, 25 Sep 2008 08:31:10 +0100, JohnT wrote in post :
:

"Tim C." wrote in message
...
On Wed, 24 Sep 2008 20:51:44 -0700, Hatunen wrote in post :
:


Please re-read what I said until you comprehend it.

Comprehension isn't one of Mixi's strong points.

Mixi doesn't have ANY strong points.

Well, he locks himself in a cupboard most of the time, so that's a good
thing.
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