How Iceland became the gun-loving country with no shooting murders

LTC (Join to see) - You're right about country kids getting trained early. All my neighbors and their kids hunt during archery, muzzle loader and rifle season. When I was a youngster I knew many families who couldn't afford meat and wouldn't have had it if they hadn't been excellent hunters.

LTC (Join to see) - Frank I grew up in the woods and I got my first gun when I was a wee pup. He taught me the does and donts and safety safety safety. He would teach me how to load and fire, how to reduce stoppage etc... and safety safety safety. I have no doubts that the majority of the planet did not get what I did. My concern is if there is not some kind of formal training/testing not everyone will get it. That is a point that can be worked out but we as a Nation are broken in that area. I dont want to take guns away from any of the law abiding citizens but lets just start by enforcing the laws that are already out there and see what happens. They are already active laws.

LTC (Join to see) - frank another thing that gets me if some jackass commits a violent crime using a firearm his/her sentence needs to be simple, unpleasant and ugly. I am all about the death sentence but if you want to incarcerate them thats fine as well, no tv, no snacks, no phone calls, no computer, no no no no. that is the answer for any extras, extras are anything other than a place to sleep, place to shower, and work lots of work. Based on my proposal shorten sentence drastically, people would have no desire to come back. The cost of housing a jackass would be greatly reduced. My proposal is not pretty, the truth is it is pretty damn ugly but it would work. Within the first few years the change would be incredible

Thanks. You convey the very thoughts and ideology I have when I think about gun ownership, laws, and regulatory actions. Some folks spend too much time arguing the extremes and fail at basic problem-solving methodology. The amount of training and wait times Iceland has seem extreme and not adaptable to US culture but the overall processes they have in place makes sense.

Thanks. Found it interesting especially the mental health evaluation as part of the process.

SPC Jeff Daley, PhD - thanks for setting the record straight , i misread the article .

Yes the 193 murders was in reference to St. Louis, not Iceland. Iceland, a population approx. 330K hasn't had a gun related murder from 2007 to present day.