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eple · 10-29-2003, 03:06 PM

Well...you can never get a 100% efficient gun restriction, so you will of course find criminals with weapons. Still, we don't really see many cases of people being threatened or attacked by armed robbers. If anyone wants to wield weapons for protection, they are free to get a lisence, but not many do, as there is little use for one. You must understand that noone is denied access to weapons if they think they need it, and are fit to have it (you will need to have a clean slate and prove yourself able to handle the weapons responsively). Many have weapons for hunting, of course, and the members of the national guard get to have their AG-3's locked up in their house. I am glad that Norway haven't got any constitutional laws preventing us from having a responsible policy on weapons. I don't believe more weapons will make our society safer, many of the weapons used by criminals are weapons stolen from national guard members, so one can clearly see what more weapons among the people can lead to. If you ask me, more weapons will make it easier for the criminals to get them, and if people are armed, more criminals will be armed. Weapons are dangerous, and it is imperative that we can be sure as few as possible fall into the wrong hands.

When it comes to the increase in violent crime, there are many factors. Sadly, one of them is immigration. 99% of immigrants are okay people, but gangs and regular mafia-businesses have grown in the Capital. There have been several exposures of illegal weapons among these gangs. There are of course ethnic Norwegians doing the same thing, but much of the big-scale criminality are performed by professional mobsters who have slipped past our borders and established criminal operations. Now I realise that this statement might strenghten your view of Norwegians as xenophobic, but the truth is that this problem have occured mainly because of a naive policy on immigration, where criminals have been allowed entrance one way or another. We are not talking about poor somalians refugees, but mainly professsional criminals from eastern Europe.

10-29-2003, 03:06 PM	#23 (permalink)
eple Banned Location: norway	Well...you can never get a 100% efficient gun restriction, so you will of course find criminals with weapons. Still, we don't really see many cases of people being threatened or attacked by armed robbers. If anyone wants to wield weapons for protection, they are free to get a lisence, but not many do, as there is little use for one. You must understand that noone is denied access to weapons if they think they need it, and are fit to have it (you will need to have a clean slate and prove yourself able to handle the weapons responsively). Many have weapons for hunting, of course, and the members of the national guard get to have their AG-3's locked up in their house. I am glad that Norway haven't got any constitutional laws preventing us from having a responsible policy on weapons. I don't believe more weapons will make our society safer, many of the weapons used by criminals are weapons stolen from national guard members, so one can clearly see what more weapons among the people can lead to. If you ask me, more weapons will make it easier for the criminals to get them, and if people are armed, more criminals will be armed. Weapons are dangerous, and it is imperative that we can be sure as few as possible fall into the wrong hands. When it comes to the increase in violent crime, there are many factors. Sadly, one of them is immigration. 99% of immigrants are okay people, but gangs and regular mafia-businesses have grown in the Capital. There have been several exposures of illegal weapons among these gangs. There are of course ethnic Norwegians doing the same thing, but much of the big-scale criminality are performed by professional mobsters who have slipped past our borders and established criminal operations. Now I realise that this statement might strenghten your view of Norwegians as xenophobic, but the truth is that this problem have occured mainly because of a naive policy on immigration, where criminals have been allowed entrance one way or another. We are not talking about poor somalians refugees, but mainly professsional criminals from eastern Europe. Last edited by eple; 10-29-2003 at 03:14 PM..