https://reason.com/volokh/2024/02/19/make-finland-the-land-of-shooting-badassery-again/ Finland, vastly outnumbered by Soviet conscripts at the start of the second world war, inflicted brutal casualty ratios on the Communist invaders. 85 years later, the history of Finnish sharpshooters causing massive problems for a much bigger army appears to have taken hold from the article Finland plans to open more than 300 new shooting ranges to encourage more citizens to take up the hobby in the interest of national defence. It is hoped that shooting in the Nordic country—which last year became Nato's newest member and which shares a 830-mile (1,330km) border with Russia—could become as popular as football or ice hockey.
Not sure what happened, because they used to have over 2000 shooting ranges, and now it's down to 600. All Finns are shooters, since they have mandatory military service like Israel and Switzerland That "White Death" guy killed 259 Russies in 4 months using only iron sights plus another 270+ with a sub machine gun. Then he had his jaw blown off and was removed from the war. The licensing process is tough, so its hard for non-responsible people to acquire firearms.
I tip my hat here. I’ve said multiple times that as a country with very harsh adversaries we are playing the losing side. While Russia is teaching their kids in school how to throw hand grenades we are teaching our youth that a man can become a woman and to fear guns. Our current political field will cause democracy to become extinct because no one will fight for it. We are raising a bunch of sissies.
They do it the Swiss way. Privates have a gun to defend their country, not to defend themselves. And they have one, And the ammunition must not be in the same house where the gun is.
Finnish recruits do not keep a military rifle at home like the Swiss do, but you are correct about the Swiss having a gun, but no ammo.
The US could learn from Finland too. From Reuters —-> A licence is always needed for possession of a firearm and all guns are registered. They may only be carried while they are being used for a specific purpose.
you have never demonstrated that you understand the second amendment or the relevant case law so I will dismiss your assertion as unsupported
actually, having lectured at several major league law schools on the second amendment, I can unequivocally state that your understanding of the second amendment is deficient and often your arguments are woefully lacking in understanding and integrity
Nothing mentioned is covered by the 2nd Amendment. Your deception doesn’t make it so. Otherwise - prove it.
Yep! They get it! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firearms_regulation_in_Finland Firearms are regulated - which is why they have a lower firearm mortality rate than the USA
Awwww! Don’t upset the NRA fuelled dream that if America was invaded the average redneck would hold the invaders off with his gun It would be a real Kyle Rittenhouse event - for every one “invader” shot there would be three civilians two cats and a horse
