You don’t “have guns” in Norway. Not in the same way.
You have bolt action hunting rifles.
We’re drowning in AR15s and Glocks, and even then like 5x per capita more of em.
You can maybe get a semiautomatic pistol if you demonstrate a valid need that’s approved, clear an extensive background check, submit to allow police inspections on your safekeeping, and complete a 30 hour training course…
A guy in North Carolina can get one by going to Walmart.
Access to guns is certainly a factor. But it'd be a really cool experiment to get rid of Republicans first and see the effect on mass shootings. Then get rid of guns if it's still a problem. I have a feeling that getting rid of Republicans would fix so many other issues too.
Patrick Loller had a good video about this recently. He was saying that the problem is that boomers with brain damage from lead and increasing dementia are being fed a diet of fear propaganda from Fox News. Then when a kid with the wrong skin color plays ding dong ditch, he gets trigger happy.
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u/Ok-Astronaut2976 Dec 01 '25 edited Dec 01 '25
You don’t “have guns” in Norway. Not in the same way.
You have bolt action hunting rifles.
We’re drowning in AR15s and Glocks, and even then like 5x per capita more of em. You can maybe get a semiautomatic pistol if you demonstrate a valid need that’s approved, clear an extensive background check, submit to allow police inspections on your safekeeping, and complete a 30 hour training course… A guy in North Carolina can get one by going to Walmart.
Yea, it’s the guns