Really shocked nobody has posted this considering all the topics on gun crimes in this forum, but there was a mass shooting at a Copenhagen mall the other day. Three people killed and about thirty injured. Suspect was subdued and arrested.
https://www.npr.org/2022/07/04/11096699 ... dom-attack
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Re: Danish Mass Shooting in Mall
It appears the suspect acted on his own and this isn't being considered a terrorist attack.
https://edition.cnn.com/2022/07/03/euro ... index.html
The previous mass shooting in Denmark was in 2015.
https://edition.cnn.com/2022/07/03/euro ... index.html
The previous mass shooting in Denmark was in 2015.
Re: Danish Mass Shooting in Mall
On a personal note, my bonus daughter was supposed to be at work at the mall last Sunday, but decided to have a day off instead. To say we're shocked would be rather an understatement.
Ultra right-wing politicians in the US are already attempting to make hay, with their inane claim this incident proves gun regulations doesn’t work. For them, and for anyone else harbouring such thoughts, here’s a few facts to put things into perspective.
Over the course of 7 years, there has been a sum total of two mass shooting incidents, claiming the lives of 5 people in total. If such shootings were to happen on the scale it does in the US, Denmark would experience such incidents roughly every 60 days. It has, however, been around 2500 days since the last time. And that, ladies and gentlemen, can mainly be attributed to the fact that guns are not easy to get hold of in Denmark, that you can only legally keep a hunting rifle or target shooting gun at home, and getting a permit to own and keep a gun involves time, commitment, money, training and testing.
In short: Gun control works. It’s not a miracle cure, there’s no such thing, but it’s the difference between very rare and very common.
And to those US politicians trying to score points on the back of this tragedy, I have only this to say: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RAkSkMRwPYs
Ultra right-wing politicians in the US are already attempting to make hay, with their inane claim this incident proves gun regulations doesn’t work. For them, and for anyone else harbouring such thoughts, here’s a few facts to put things into perspective.
Over the course of 7 years, there has been a sum total of two mass shooting incidents, claiming the lives of 5 people in total. If such shootings were to happen on the scale it does in the US, Denmark would experience such incidents roughly every 60 days. It has, however, been around 2500 days since the last time. And that, ladies and gentlemen, can mainly be attributed to the fact that guns are not easy to get hold of in Denmark, that you can only legally keep a hunting rifle or target shooting gun at home, and getting a permit to own and keep a gun involves time, commitment, money, training and testing.
In short: Gun control works. It’s not a miracle cure, there’s no such thing, but it’s the difference between very rare and very common.
And to those US politicians trying to score points on the back of this tragedy, I have only this to say: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RAkSkMRwPYs
Re: Danish Mass Shooting in Mall
leader1 wrote:I tried adding it on to the Norway shooting thread and it was deleted and I didn't feel like starting a new thread.Really shocked nobody has posted this considering all the topics on gun crimes in this forum, but there was a mass shooting at a Copenhagen mall the other day. Three people killed and about thirty injured. Suspect was subdued and arrested.
https://www.npr.org/2022/07/04/11096699 ... dom-attack
Re: Danish Mass Shooting in Mall
B777LRF wrote:On a personal note, my bonus daughter was supposed to be at work at the mall last Sunday, but decided to have a day off instead. To say we're shocked would be rather an understatement.
Ultra right-wing politicians in the US are already attempting to make hay, with their inane claim this incident proves gun regulations doesn’t work. For them, and for anyone else harbouring such thoughts, here’s a few facts to put things into perspective.
Over the course of 7 years, there has been a sum total of two mass shooting incidents, claiming the lives of 5 people in total. If such shootings were to happen on the scale it does in the US, Denmark would experience such incidents roughly every 60 days. It has, however, been around 2500 days since the last time. And that, ladies and gentlemen, can mainly be attributed to the fact that guns are not easy to get hold of in Denmark, that you can only legally keep a hunting rifle or target shooting gun at home, and getting a permit to own and keep a gun involves time, commitment, money, training and testing.
In short: Gun control works. It’s not a miracle cure, there’s no such thing, but it’s the difference between very rare and very common.
And to those US politicians trying to score points on the back of this tragedy, I have only this to say: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RAkSkMRwPYs
The US used to have effective gun control laws and there were hardly any mass shootings then.
Re: Danish Mass Shooting in Mall
ArchGuy1 wrote:Care to explain that. Don't say the 1994 AWB. Here's a little known fact. AR-style rifles were still manufactured all during the 10 year run of that law.The US used to have effective gun control laws and there were hardly any mass shootings then.
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