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    The saddest part is that the police had brought him in for questioning and then determined they had no reason to hold him or confiscate his weapons and let him go.
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    Well, sounds like some Finnish politicians want to ban handguns, which is missing the point.

    If the next nutjob uses a shotgun, what will they do then? And if the next guy uses a rifle, will they ban those as well? And when another makes a homemade bomb, will they ban cars so noone has reason to get gasoline?

    Koga is right in that more needs to be done to crack down on bullying and child abuse.

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    Koga is right in that more needs to be done to crack down on bullying and child abuse.
    Only to have the same thing happening in the less protective realm that is profesional life, you will always have bullies and victims c'est la vie. Take it for what it is, it's just a copycat. Dead one now. bye.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Fragony View Post
    Only to have the same thing happening in the less protective realm that is profesional life, you will always have bullies and victims c'est la vie. Take it for what it is, it's just a copycat. Dead one now. bye.
    And you will always have people who are against bullies and don't accept your conservative stance on this, c'est la vie. Deal with it.


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    Quote Originally Posted by Crazed Rabbit View Post
    Well, sounds like some Finnish politicians want to ban handguns, which is missing the point.

    If the next nutjob uses a shotgun, what will they do then? And if the next guy uses a rifle, will they ban those as well? And when another makes a homemade bomb, will they ban cars so noone has reason to get gasoline?

    Koga is right in that more needs to be done to crack down on bullying and child abuse.

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    Yup I mean guns laying all around where kids have easy access is not exactly something that is helpful, but if a country really did get rid of all of its guns then a school shooter would use explosives made at home or bladed weapons or something. The underlying problem is social, and even here in America we have done almost nothing about it except a series of laws that further ostracized troubled kids and suspend them if they show any sign of hostility.
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    Vis-a-vis geography: Actually, it was taught in my school distrcit that Finland *is* part of Scandinavia -- despite the majority of Finns being more closely related to Hungarians & Kazakhs than Danes, Norwegians, & Swedes. I'm not sure why that is, though.



    Quote Originally Posted by Hosakawa Tito View Post
    The saddest part is that the police had brought him in for questioning and then determined they had no reason to hold him or confiscate his weapons and let him go.
    Yeah, I wondered about that. I figured that at the very least, they would've confiscated his firearms.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Martok View Post
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    Vis-a-vis geography: Actually, it was taught in my school distrcit that Finland *is* part of Scandinavia -- despite the majority of Finns being more closely related to Hungarians & Kazakhs than Danes, Norwegians, & Swedes. I'm not sure why that is, though.
    Well, Finns are finno-ugrians (just like Hungarians, Karelians, Estonians etc.) while Swedes, Danes and Norwegians are germanics (just like Germans). Scandinavia is a geographic entity consisting of the peninsula formed by Sweden and Norway, and really has nothing to do with ethnicity.

    Quote Originally Posted by Hosakawa Tito
    The saddest part is that the police had brought him in for questioning and then determined they had no reason to hold him or confiscate his weapons and let him go.
    They had no legal support to do so, and if you're answer to that is "But still", that leads us into the debate on what rules should be broken and what rules shouldn't be broken.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Martok View Post
    Spoiler Alert, click show to read: 
    Vis-a-vis geography: Actually, it was taught in my school distrcit that Finland *is* part of Scandinavia -- despite the majority of Finns being more closely related to Hungarians & Kazakhs than Danes, Norwegians, & Swedes. I'm not sure why that is, though.
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    Are you sure they didn't call it a Nordic country? Finland is a Nordic country (1 of 5) but not part of Scandinavia (3 nations).



    Yeah, I wondered about that. I figured that at the very least, they would've confiscated his firearms.
    On the way back from work I heard they had apprehended a Swedish 16 year old for the possesion of illegal weapons and broadcasting hate videos on youtube (In Sweden). They are not taking any chances with copycats.

    I also heard that the police officer that had questioned this madman the day before he killed 10 people and let him go and let him keep his weapons are under psycriatic help. Too much for the poor guy.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Innocentius View Post
    Well, Finns are finno-ugrians (just like Hungarians, Karelians, Estonians etc.) while Swedes, Danes and Norwegians are germanics (just like Germans). Scandinavia is a geographic entity consisting of the peninsula formed by Sweden and Norway, and really has nothing to do with ethnicity.
    Exactly. Which again, is why don't really understand why Finland has always been lumped in with the rest of the Scandinavian nations. For convenience's sake, probably, but that's only a guess on my part.


    Quote Originally Posted by Sigurd Fafnesbane View Post
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    Are you sure they didn't call it a Nordic country? Finland is a Nordic country (1 of 5) but not part of Scandinavia (3 nations).
    Yep, I'm sure. My geography textbooks actually labeled Finland as a Scandinavian country, even though it's not part of the peninsula proper.




    Quote Originally Posted by Sigurd Fafnesbane View Post
    I also heard that the police officer that had questioned this madman the day before he killed 10 people and let him go and let him keep his weapons are under psycriatic help. Too much for the poor guy.
    Gah. Yeah, I can't imagine how he feels right now. Talk about guilt....
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