re my gun is like my american express card in article cmm thomasp surt ifi uio no thomas parsli thomasp ifi uio no writes observations from a naive norwegian guns are made to kill people not to shoot target or to have something more macho than stamps to collect it is more easy to kill injure someone with a gun than with a knife or a bat as in baseball it s not very wise to compare two completely different countries like usa and let s say island on issues like crime and violence yes the problem is people committing crimes not the tools beeing used but should be taken into concideration only as far as it affects the crime rate we have a very strict gun legislation in norway but until recently it was possible for enyone over years to buy a shotgun shotguns are used mainly for hunting in norway but because it was so easy to accuire one it was the most used gun in crimes the solution was to restrict the sale so it s now necessary to apply and register your shotgun and unbelievable the use of guns in crime fell did the rate of crime fall if not the ban was of no use it is the rate of violent crime that matters not the tools used it s the crime stupid there are now a new law against wearing long knives in public and why should it be allowed apparently that became the weapon of choice after the shotguns were banned after that they ll decide the car of choice is the saab and propose a ban on that what i as an scandinavian have problems to understand is that you americans have a more liberal view on guns and violence than on nudity and sex try showing a bare breast on tv insted of violence and murder yes i know a little american history but is it a civil human right to have an assault gun in your home and or an handgun in your car yes we still trust honest people here for the time being the bad english is not my fault it s probably the keyboard software or the quality of the subtext on tv disclamer not these are the views of all studens at my university all norwegians and probably whole of the universe thomas parsli thomasp ifi uio no jmd handheld com i m always rethinking that there s never been a day when i haven t rethought that but i can t do that by myself bill clinton april if i were an american as i am an englishman while a foreign troop was landed in my country i never would lay down my arms never never never william pitt earl of chatham nov
