Swedish Study of Gun Violence Ignores Migration, Ethnicity of Shooters
Crime Prevention Council has “opted out of the difficult part of the issue,” commentator says.
Crime Prevention Council has “opted out of the difficult part of the issue,” commentator says.
After a deadly mass shooting over the weekend and years of being Europe’s capital of gun crime, Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson has promised some justice reforms but it remains unclear what effect they might have to deter the ongoing violence.
The 35-year-old male perpetrator, a former member of the Jehovah’s Witnesses community, is believed to have been struggling with mental issues.
Compared to Sweden’s sixty deadly shootings, four murders were carried out with firearms in Norway, four in Denmark, and two in Finland.
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