tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2041385492321829905.post8073988256487309911..comments2024-02-03T10:27:22.640+00:00Comments on Nordic Voices in Translation: Espoo mall shootingsDavid McDuffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01515361544462041148noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2041385492321829905.post-4114835524518524902010-01-02T02:44:37.200+00:002010-01-02T02:44:37.200+00:00This comment has been removed by the author.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2041385492321829905.post-35584966629560386632010-01-02T02:43:27.014+00:002010-01-02T02:43:27.014+00:00Yes David, and though Finland has always had one o...Yes David, and though Finland has always had one of the highest rates of gun owning in the whole world, no incidents like this had happened in the years before. Some explain it as an influence from the media, specially from the USA, but I donĀ“t know if it is that quite simple. The presence of a militar superpower has played its role indeed, and the Finnish people has been always a people under Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2041385492321829905.post-68743579331430805642010-01-01T08:34:58.128+00:002010-01-01T08:34:58.128+00:00Yes, it will be interesting - though it seems that...Yes, it will be interesting - though it seems that this particular gunman had been in trouble with the Finnish police before, for illegal possession of firearms and on other related charges, so maybe this incident is not quite relevant to that debate. However, it's a fact that Finland has a very high percentage of private legal gun-owners - gun-owning is a tradition connected not only with David McDuffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01515361544462041148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2041385492321829905.post-50836688746750778262009-12-31T20:54:40.392+00:002009-12-31T20:54:40.392+00:00Absolutely tragic. By this time, the new has sprea...Absolutely tragic. By this time, the new has spread all world round. Yes, Nordic newspapers agree in the information Aamulehti posted about the gunman. A great debate seems on the horizon for weapon regulation in Finland. Interesting this article on Aftenposten http://www.aftenposten.no/nyheter/uriks/article3444732.ece<br /><br />It will be interesting on follow this issue.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com