the reason Finns do not speak Russian as their national language is because of the ownership of guns, and the Finnish expertise with them. Why would Finland let the police do what the military might of the USSR could not?

As the article pointed out, 1,950% more people die yearly in Finland from sauna misadventures than from firearms. Why are the police not interested in stopping that? Why? Well, because accidentally dying in a sauna does not present a danger to police who wish to abuse you, while being armed just might. Despite sauna deaths being by far the more serious problem nothing is being done to address that issue. Therefore the claims of "public safety" ring false. No one needs another to be unarmed and helpless unless he has evil intent for that other.

I would wonder how much these lawmakers look at history? They can look to Austraila to see what their gun ban did for them. Firearms murders have increased in the hundreds percentile. If the crooks and bad people know that their victim is most likely unarmed it they tend to get much more brazen and commit more offences. If the citizens there were smart they would give them the amunition, one at a time, or in rappid sucession, first.

Finlanders better make their lawmakers surrender their powers before the lawmakers make the Finlanders surrender their guns. Make govt your servant, not your master.

They better look at what happened in England and Australia when they did that. Crime skyrocketed because now the criminals, who don't follow any gun laws anyway had unarmed pray. Perfect for them.351206

The USA is always blamed for having more guns than anyone, congrats to Finland. Thats a good one about more losing life in a sauna than to guns. We here in America always here guns are the problem, not criminals.....Good luck to you.....

I think what bothers me, is the nonsense idea that cracking down on firearms possession, is somehow going to "fight back" against isolated incidents of violent crime in Finland, or that it would have any positive impact on crime rates there. Looking at crime statistics in any number of other countries should put the lie to that, even ones whose per-capita income and cultural values are similar to Finland's. All the Finns need to do is look at their neighbors to the southwest - namely, the United Kingdom, where a total gun ban already exists - to see the results of increased gun control. If the gun-grabbers' logic were correct, gun-related crime should have become a thing of the past sometime after bans were implemented. Instead, it's off-the-charts, with people being found literally machine-gunned in their homes and alleyways of major British cities. The United States also should provide ample evidence - compare crime rates per-capita in US states with strict gun control vs states with looser restrictions. My message to Finland's government is to forget a ban on semi-automatic handguns or any other type of firearm. It will make your crime problems worse, not better.

There is no positive outcome from 'banning' possession of firearms to the law-abiding citizen. Criminals in Australia still use guns, because the job description of a criminal includes: "Ignore the law". Do not let your government disarm you!

Everyone knows that criminals and terrorists will get their guns illegally anyway. Taking firearms away from law-abiding citizens will only increase the rates of violent crime , not decrease them, as then the people cannot defend themselves against the criminals who are armed. In the U.S., there are more gun-owners today than ever before, yet the murder rate has been going down consistently , year after year, and is at about the lowest point it's been at in 45 years. The governments of the world need to realize that allowing good people to own firearms is the BEST way to lower violent crime rates. Criminals are scared of armed civilians, if they know they might have a gun or two kickin' around.