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© Copyright 2022 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed without permission.3 dead, 3 critically wounded in shooting at Denmark mall
By JAN M. OLSEN and KARL RITTER COPENHAGEN, Denmark©2023 GPlusMedia Inc.
36 Comments
Mark
Guns in the wrong hands will only do harm, there is no other ways to put it.
For as long as governments allow these lethal killing tools to be sold to the general public this article and more like that we don't even see or read or continue.
There is NOTHING cool about owning a killing machine.
Rodney
Expect more. There is a massive flow of weapons, hand held missiles and things like body armor flooding out of Ukraine into EU. I don’t use the dark web, but I have seen a lot of screenshots of sales. English operator manuals.
bass4funk
Really sad, deepest condolences. Just terrible.
M3M3M3
A very reasonable concern. Many of the illegal weapons in Europe used by criminal gangs are surplus from the wars in Yugoslavia. The numerous grenade attacks in Sweden are all carried out using old Yugoslav M75 hand grenades.
Anonymous
No, there isn’t. The owners of rifles I know, lawful owners, never refer to them as cool.
finally rich
Knives, machetes, cars, are intended for multiple purposes.
Guns are intended for a single purpose.
I would agree to have the right to bear a handgun for self-defense after a rigorous evaluation (if you are a business owner, a lawyer, or other concrete reason why you need a gun) and months of waiting, anything beyond that is just madness.
People carrying in the church.... Americans are so scary of each other and at the same time so blind they dont even figure out why.
Eastman
according to photos seems that white Dane have attacked muslims/check clothes and appearance/?
so may be religion related...just an idea
master
Denmark has extremely strict gun laws. Yet you assume this 24 year old from wherever had his weapons legally.
i kind of doubt it.
In fact, I doubt it very, very much.
Harry_Gatto
Photos, where? Links please.
Danish police have commented that the shooter is "ethnically Danish".
Before getting too hysterical it seems the weapon used in this case was a hunting rifle.
Kyo wa heiwa dayo ne
What the heck are you blathering about ? ? !
The article says absolutely nothing about the shooter purchasing the gun as general public customer .
The type of people that use guns for crimes like this will find weapons regardless.
If not a gun perhaps something else.
Kyo wa heiwa dayo ne
Rifles are used for hunting animals and also for war !
Not a single purpose.
Iam extremely accurate with a Rifle, yet i don't own one or hunt animals , only for target practice.
bass4funk
That is not necessarily true.
Rodney
yugoslaia and Northern Ireland you mean. Now it is Ukraine. Times keep achanging.
Ego Sum Lux Mundi
As other posters have mentioned, Europe is now awash with with all sorts of weapons and ammunition because of the whole "let's give billions of dollars' worth of arms to one of the most corrupt countries on Earth!"
As usual, Liberals never see the mid to long-term consequences of their actions beyond their immediate need to feel good about themselves. You will reap a bitter harvest.
OssanAmerica
All these posts about military weapons in Europe.
The perpetrator used a hunting rifle.
https://tv2.dk/
Ah_so
A both fact-free and evidence -free claim. I suppose that this is something that the Russian propaganda machine is putting out in right wing echo chambers and is now being repeated here.
1glenn
The news said that he was carrying a hunting rifle. Where I live he would have access to an assault rifle, and 30 round banana clips, making things much worse.
Rodney
For downvoters, read statements from EUROPOL and INTERPOL.
painkiller
Very terrible tragedy when something happens like this anywhere.
ebisen
Bass4funk:
That is absolutely true, by almost any of the currently used criminality statistics. But hey! This very rare event is already used in the US by the right hand NRA rifle and Bible hugging Neonazis to push against more gun control.
Anonymous
Self-defense is a right.
painkiller
Danish police say three people were killed and three others are in critical condition after a shooting rampage Sunday at a shopping mall in Copenhagen.
It's the same anywhere in the world---criminals and firearms=tragedy.
Bingeing all day to celebrate the 4th of July.
Just finished The Patriot.
Mel Gibson is one of the great American actors.
Let's hope the American spirit spreads globally and lets law abiding citizens have access to firearms.
painkiller
Jeans and T-shirtToday 09:22 pm JST
That's a good thing. Then you'd agree it is the non-law abiding citizens with access to firearms that cause all the problems with them.
painkiller
Jeans and T-shirtToday 09:53 pm JST
The demographics of the US contribute to the non-law abiding citizens getting motivated to gain access to firearms. Japan, Denmark, NZ, etc. do not have similar environments.
painkiller
Jeans and T-shirtToday 10:07 pm JST
Well, for starters, out of the countries I mentioned above, compared to the US, which ones have a homogeneous population?
And statistically speaking, the majority of firearm homicides in the US takes place in specific demographic locations.
ReynardFox
My source is “trust me, I saw it”.
douglas snyde