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Shooting Motive Speculation, Gun Control Talk Not Going Far in Finland
1 October 2008
Helsingin Sanomat (Finland)
As a country, Finland is armed to the teeth. There are more than 1,6 million legal weapons in the weapons register, spread out among nearly 650,000 owners.
On a per capita basis we have the fourth largest number of small arms in the world, right after the United States, Yemen, and Switzerland. According to a Swiss estimate, Finland has an estimated 2,375,000 legal and illegal firearms — that is, one gun for nearly every second Finn.
The good news is that the law... (GunPolicy.org)