Doesn’t it make you wonder that in a country where the whereabouts of every person, car and dog are meticulously recorded, it is suddenly tooooooo demanding to have a national up to date electronic firearms registry. It just can’t be done.

And yes, I hate you.

Who cares?

I am talking about a whining malcontent who likes other people to do his homework for him.

Get outside of Ring I sometime. Nobody’s chill in these parts. Your boo-hooing about picking on foreigners will get a real reception here.

What in good fuck are you talking about?

You’re going to break something with all that hate.

Chill out, you fucking flunkie.

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Finland does not have a major crime problem. It does, however, have a major gun problem. Now things have gone too far. Drastic action must be taken. Handguns should be completely forbidden. Only the police and military need them. They are not needed in hunting. Hunting weapon licence regulations must be tightened. Will this happen? I am sceptical. So long as we have the Centre party in government and holding the key post of prime minister, I fear that we will not see any real political leadership on this matter.

A very sad event to end the new year. Let’s hope for a better 2010.

Comment by Jonas G — Thu, Dec 31st, 2009 @ 7:31 pm
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It seems that this is the standard textbook cry whenevery some type of illegal activity occurs with guns. As a person intimately involved in public health (which includes safety) I always have to ask myself what does basic (elementary school math) say? Rather than get into a lengthy debate, I’ll summarize it by asking some questions.

1) How many people die every day/week/month/year in car accidents in Finland?

2) How many people die every day/week/month/year crossing the street in Finland?

3) How many people die every day/week/month/year “fill-in-the-blank” in Finland?

Get the picture?

Basic elementary school math dictates that we allocate resources to those issues which will result in the greatest benefit to the population group. A cursory glance will show that there are many far more serious issues deserving of our attention and limited resources to address.

The Texas Department of Public Safety publishes detailed statistics on licensed concealed carry permit (CCW) holders in the state of Texas. The rate of any criminal activity is phenomenally low. A CCW holder in Texas statistically speaking is the most law abiding citizen of any population sub-group of Texans.

Think about that for a bit. By popular perception anyone with a gun, and especially someone who legally has the right to carry a gun 24/7 should by default commit more crimes to include crimes that are more administrative in nature, i.e. brandishing a weapon (a felony in the United States), not carrying the weapon properly on one’s person or vehicle (misdemeanor or felony depending on the state) etc etc. This is simply not the case. If anything you would want all citizens (and I’m writing this tongue in cheek) to be CCW holders, not because they would stop crime but because they statistically commit fewer crimes (if any crime at all).