‘Gun Violence’ Never Happens in Sweden. Except When It Does . . .

By Robert Farago

Rare Gun Violence Erupts In Stockholm: 1 Dead, 3 Injured In Shooting And Stabbing In Sweden the headline at ibtimes.com proclaims, forgetting last March’s pub shooting in Gothenburg, the Malmö shootings, a more recent drive-by shooting in the same city and other firearms-related crimes. “After a rare case of deadly gun violence erupted in one of Europe’s safest capitals Sunday afternoon, three suspects entered a police station and were arrested on suspicion of their involvement. One person died, and three others were injured in Rinkeby, a neighborhood in the Swedish city of Stockholm, according to Swedish authorities, and just three hours later, three suspects turned themselves in, Swedish Television News reported.” As the Bard would say, methinks they doth protest too much. Like this . . .

“We regard it as an extraordinary event,” said Stockholm police spokeswoman Eva Nilsson. Yes, well, maybe not so rare or extraordinary going forward. The ethnic homogeneity that characterized the Scandinavian country of some ten million inhabitants – often cited as the reason for its low crime rate – has gone bye-bye. The country has …read more

Source:: Truth About Guns