What do America, Yemen and Finland have in common? Why, being the top 3 most armed countries of course. According to the Finnish news

According to the latest Small Arms Survey, released in Geneva on Tuesday, Finland has 56 firearms for every 100 people, making it the world’s third most armed country in the world behind the United States and Yemen, where the respective figures are 90 and 61.

The study concludes there are 90 guns per 100 people in the US and 61 per 100 in Yemen. While the numbers may be surprising, Finland has a population of about 5 million people and is sparsely populated. Therefore, the weapons that seem so prevalent are actually hunting rifles. However, on the up side, silencers are legal with the argument being it reduces noise pollution.


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[...] might seem like a mild-mannered Koreanist, but you’ve got to be careful around those Finns, apparently: According to the latest Small Arms Survey, released in Geneva on Tuesday, Finland has [...]

The Marmot’s Hole » You’d Better Not Mess with Antti, Lest He Pop a Cap in Your Ass added these pithy words on Oct 12 07 at 1:21 pm

The Finns should still be adequately prepared by the time of the Great Zombie War.

Rommel added these pithy words on 12 Oct 07 at 5:44 pm

Apparently Iraq only has 15 guns per 100 civilians. That’s surprising.

http://www.smallarmssurvey.org/files/portal/issueareas/inventories/civinventor.html

Adrian added these pithy words on 12 Oct 07 at 6:39 pm

Adrian: I find that doubtful given the large amounts of illegal weapons flowing in.

Chirol added these pithy words on 12 Oct 07 at 9:42 pm

Two out of three are productive, technologically advanced, first world countries. So much for “civilized” countries have disarmed populations.

Lexington Green added these pithy words on 13 Oct 07 at 1:38 am

This graphic says Iraq has 39 weapons per 100 civilians:

http://www.smallarmssurvey.org/files/sas/home/2007-04-17%20AP%20Graphic.pdf

Which to believe!?

Adrian added these pithy words on 13 Oct 07 at 2:04 am

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