nearly impossible to get a firearm with the purpose for solely 'self-defence'.
That's strictly for the state control of the law-abiding. How hard do you think it is for what would technically be regarded as "crime"? When the law becomes tyrannical, resistance to it becomes duty. Requires a change in thinking that most people just can't wrap their head around.
The two most common ways to acquire one is through competitive shooting or hunting.
The two most common "legal" ways, you mean. You might be surprised how many are changing hands illegally.
I guaren-fucking-tee you that if you dropped me down in any port town, like Gothenburg, or up near the Finnish border like Haparanda, I'd have a gun within an hour.
BulletStopper 1 points 2 weeks ago
That's strictly for the state control of the law-abiding. How hard do you think it is for what would technically be regarded as "crime"? When the law becomes tyrannical, resistance to it becomes duty. Requires a change in thinking that most people just can't wrap their head around.
The two most common "legal" ways, you mean. You might be surprised how many are changing hands illegally.
So with a total population of 10,540,886 and a known organized criminal population of about 62,000,
( https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/sweden-has-around-62000-persons-linked-criminal-gangs-police-say-2024-02-23/ ),
that means that there is aprox. 1 member of a criminal gang for every aprox. 170 people in Sweden.
I guaren-fucking-tee you that if you dropped me down in any port town, like Gothenburg, or up near the Finnish border like Haparanda, I'd have a gun within an hour.