It's actually happening....
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And they claimed that banning firearms would stop murders! and then they banned knives too . . .
When I visited in the 90s they had warning labels on butter knives. This is how they start...
We are not quite there yet in Finland right now, but carrying anything with an actual blade with you outside your home in inhabited areas is banned. You can still freely carry real knives when camping or hunting, at least. Back in the 80s in Lapland, or any part of the country where you might also camp, hike, or hunt, or work in a farm nearby, nobody paid much attention even when you went to have a lunch in a local restaurant with a puukko hanging on your belt, I remember doing that more than a few times back then, even if also then if you had anything with you in a city it better be hidden in your bag unless you were obviously dressed in some work clothes for those jobs where a knife is a needed tool.
Carrying firearms was however already prohibited, although I think there was still possible to get an actual carry permit for some sort of jobs, private investigators and such were the last "civilian" group who could get that. Now only hunters during the hunting season while hunting can have a loaded gun with them, apart from police, and the other exception is some types of shooting ranges, but getting the permits to those, and owning any kind of firearms, is from hard to pretty much impossible, and needs hell of a lot of jumping through hoops. And everything is registered. If this country ever got occupied by an enemy, like Russia, getting any kind of resistance movement going might be impossible, at least through any civilian groups. I don't know if our military has any plans for that. Hopefully.
Well, at least they aren't very diligent when it comes to checking anything. I had a small folding knife in my bag a few years ago when I needed to visit the local police station for something, had forgotten it there, and they had that whole you walking through metal detector gate while your bag got x-rayed going at the door, and either the woman checking my bag didn't notice that knife, or she just pretended not to notice... I only remembered that it was there several hours later.
if the police need to carry,
then the citizens also need to carry
there is no scenario where the police would need a gun, where a citizen wouldn’t also need a gun
Yes... one of the reasons why I would, if it was possible, move to United States. Getting the "right" to carry because I think I, damn it, already have that right, but unfortunately live in a country which is unlawfully restricting that. And where the situation has just gotten worse during my lifetime. I do love my country, or at least my nation, but things are not going well here. And sometimes that just makes me feel pretty disappointed with Finnish people in general. Not enough of us are even trying to fight.
Unfortunately I am not so rich I could pay for a permanent visa, and do not belong to any of the groups allowed in. Now I can accept the fact that I am not one of the really desirable types for a legal immigration, not educated enough, not successful etc, even if I would, if I could have moved there, have done my best to become a useful AMERICAN citizen to the best of my ability. And I would have done it only I if could have done it legally, according to your laws.
But being a white and not filthy rich or at least well off European no chance. Sometimes I have joked, with some people I know there, that I should have learned Spanish and flown to Mexico for a holiday, and then crossed over claiming refugee status while pretending to be from some place further south and I might even be a citizen now if I had done that during the 80s or early 90s. Except unfortunately I don't even tan well... okay, hair dye, fake tan and so on and it might have worked. :D
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Mutually assured destruction is the best way to have peace.
Sikhs are "them" now?
Also note the 2.9 inch knife you are permitted to carry must be a non locking (so you will cut off your own finger using it) folding knife not a fixed blade. I understand you would also still need a valid reason for having this knife (basically you need to be a carpet fitter on the job, not much else is valid.
Wait - didn't we have the "imperial versus metric" argument the other day? Shouldn't that say 7.62 centimeters (or centimetres)?
Guy I listen to in that country said he wanted to sharpen his kitchen knife. The shop was a few blocks walk but he was worried about getting stopped. He threw it away and bought another.