> - Finland has 45 firearms per 100 people (3rd highest in the world) yet is was ranked the safest country in the world.
I wonder what the ratio between hunting and handguns are...
I wonder what the ratio between hunting and handguns are...
Most all murders in Finland are done with a knife while drunk.
(The Finnish police, which keeps a database of firearm permits, objected to the mentioned study that Finland is ranked 3rd in the world. The study was updated and now Finland is ranked "only" 8th:
http://www.smallarmssurvey.org/fileadmin/docs/T-Briefing-Pap... )
More commonly accepted estimates put Finland in line with many other European countries at around 30 firearms per 100 people. Most of those are indeed hunting rifles. (In Finland, like perhaps most other European countries, you need a license to buy or legally own a firearm. A gun license requires an acceptable reason like hunting or sports; notably, self defense is not one for the general public.)