WebsterMark wrote on 08/02/18 at 14:06:09:

Am I the only one on here who made a .22 zip gun out of an old car antenna as a kid?

And played in a ’Sand Box’.  (Isn’t that for Cats ?)
Or built a, ’Tree House’. (Isn’t that for the Birds ?)
Or put a Penny on a Rail Road Track,
Or know what a, ‘Gig’ is.
Had a BB gun at 8 year old.
Or built a raft and floated down the river.
Or slid down the hill in the winter, and passed through the bottom wire of a fence, by propping it up with a stick and laying down on the sled.
Or went to a, skating rink, to skate, then later see these, ‘bumps’, on the opposite sex in the warming house.
And on and On and On and On and ON.

And the people, that did those things, and many others, are called ’STUPID and Old”,
by the kids today,  who walk around, with their head down, playing a game on their phone, while walking into a Streetlight pole.

About guns, fake and real

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-45050933

And your point is?


In Norway, the police is not armed. They want to carry arms, but so far are not allowed. Weapons are locked inside their cars and can be unlocked with permission if the situation demand it. Personally, I hope it stays that way.

The police in Sweden, with a population about twice that of that here in Norway, have shot and killed 6 people so far this year alone. They have been generally armed since 1965. In comparison, I believe the police have killed 4 people in total during the past 15 years.

Obviously, if you want more dead people, which will not always be criminals, having an armed police force seems to be effective.

Does the lack of weapon make it dangerous to be a police officer in Norway? Well, since WW2, ten police officers have been killed on duty, 7 of those where shot, so one can say the risk is pretty low.

The same number for Sweden is 16 killed on duty, so statistically slightly lower risk, but the numbers are too small to be conclusive on whether carrying a weapon makes it safer to be a police officer or not.

Is it better for the population? Well, there are 4 times as many  murders in Sweden per capita (10 per 100,000 vs 2.5), significantly more violence and sexual offences as well as a lot more theft. Hence there seem to be no preventive gains from having an armed police force.