In the book While Europe Slept, Bruce Bawer claimed that the crime rate in Sweden was now higher than the crime rate in the United States. Most everyone I’ve mentioned this to refuses to believe it. This article gives me some interesting back up.

I don’t know, it could just be a higher reporting rate over there. I mean if someone stole my lutefisk I doubt I would report it, probably just order from dominoes instead.

I mean if someone stole my lutefisk I doubt I would report it

Okay, Spartacus. What’s a lutefisk?

you are a complete moron.
why don’t you look up the crimes that were actually committed in Norway!!

Socialism completely works in Norway.  They are incredibly happy and incredibly wealthy....and incredibly safe ...

Imagine, I linked to a Norwegian website for the story.  Grow up.

What’s a lutefisk?

Ya, doncha know whut Lut a fisk is? 

It’s cod cured in lye.  It’s a traditional Norwegian dish. 

It’s not as good as it sounds.

Socialism works in Norway?  Why don’t you ask the citizens of that country about having to import common items like furniture on the black market to avoid exorbitant taxes.  And about having to wait, in pain, for long periods to get things like knee surgeries.

Yeah.  It works, if you don’t mind living at the lowest common denominator.

How about Norwegian exchange students going home with suitcases of Campbells soup because they can’t afford it there.

You also have to consider that their economy is afloat only because of their oil revenue.

Lye! LYE!!

Isn’t that soap. No thanks.

I’ll have my fish battered with chips, mate.

Yep, I see that gun control is really working in Norway. /sarc

Briefly about guns in Norway…

To acquire any firearm in Norway you must obtain a “Permit to Acquire” from the police. This costs N.Kr.125 (ca. GB£12) per application. There is no upper limit on the number of firearms you can apply for. There is no set time on how long the application takes to process, but in my area 10 to 14 days is normal. With the permit in hand the gun can be purchased. The seller countersigns the form and returns it to the police. The gun is registered in the name of the purchaser and a Firearms Permit is issued and sent to the buyer after a few weeks. The original form acts as a temporary permit. The Firearms Permit is valid for the rest of that persons life. The police have a register of local gun owners. The permit must be shown when buying ammunition, and only ammunition in the calibre shown on the permit can be purchased. The permit must also be shown when buying primers and powder (gunpowder).

To be considered for issuance of a permit the applicant must have “valid reason”. Valid reasons include (but are not limited to): Hunting, Vermin Control, Target Shooting, Collecting, Self-Defence. A self-defence permit allows the person to carry a pistol concealed, but these are rarely granted.

That last sentence says it all, don’t you think?

Socialism completely works in Norway.  They are incredibly happy and incredibly wealthy....and incredibly safe ...

Planes leave often. Don’t let the Golden Gate hit your fanny on the way out!