Break the silence
Mail & Guardian (Free subscription) | 28/09/2008
Finns have been shaken by this week's college massacre. But is such a tragedy only to be expected where gun ownership is so high?
Matti Vanhanen
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'Finns will resist gun ownership clampdown'
Mail & Guardian (Free subscription) | 28/09/2008
According to the official statistics, 45 people in Finland were killed by knives in 2006 and 10 by guns.
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Finland: Links to earlier massacre probed
CNN (Free subscription) | 25/09/2008
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Finland vows to restrict access to firearms in wake of tragedy
Globe and Mail (Free subscription) | 25/09/2008
The government pledged yesterday to tighten Finland's gun laws and keep mentally unstable people from obtaining firearms in the wake of the country's second school massacre in less than a year.
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World Briefing | Europe: Finland: A Pledge to Tighten Gun Laws
New York Times (Free subscription) | 25/09/2008
The promise came a day after a 22-year-old student opened fire at a vocational college, killing 10 people before shooting himself.
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Tears for 10 school dead
The Sun (Free subscription) | 25/09/2008
FINNISH PM urges stricter gun laws as the nation mourns victims of school massacre
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Gun laws to be tightened after school massacre
The Herald (Free subscription) | 25/09/2008
Finland yesterday pledged to tighten gun laws and keep mentally unstable people from obtaining firearms following the country’s second school massacre in less than a year.
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Mourning Finns come to terms with dark side of gun culture
News Scotsman (Free subscription) | 25/09/2008
FLAGS flew at half-mast across Finland yesterday as the country's leaders struggled with tough questions about the internet and private gun ownership.
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Mourning Finns come to terms with dark side of gun culture
Scotsman.com (Free subscription) | 25/09/2008
FLAGS flew at half-mast across Finland yesterday as the country's leaders struggled with tough questions about the internet and private gun ownership.
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Finland school gunman Matti Saari shot friends then set them on fire
Mirror.co.uk (Free subscription) | 25/09/2008
Maniac gun killer Matti Saari shot his friends then set them alight during an exam he was meant to be taking, a pal revealed yesterday.
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Finland could ban handguns after college shooting which left ten dead
Daily Mail News (Free subscription) | 24/09/2008
Finland's prime minister has called for gun laws to be tightened after a man shot dead nine students and a teacher.
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einsteinian insanity
walls of the city (Free subscription) | 24/09/2008
Yesterday, a shooter (who will remain nameless in this post - murders have given up the privilege to have their existences remembered) killed ten people in a small college outside the town of Kauhajoki, in Finland. This, just like every...
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Finland shooting prompts web monitoring rethink
MediaChannel (Free subscription) | 24/09/2008
By Wojciech Moskwa, Reuters A deadly shooting at a Finnish school raises questions over tougher policing of the Internet after the gunman posted menacing videos on the Web before killing 10 people.
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Finnish PM calls for stricter gun laws following school rampage
Deutsche Welle: DW-WORLD.DE (Free subscription) | 24/09/2008
Finnish Prime Minister Matti Vanhanen has called for stricter gun laws following Tuesday's school shooting in Kauhajoki which left 11 people dead, including the gunman. Speaking during a visit to the small western town, Vanhanen said it was time to consider restricting access to guns and raising the minimum age for gun owners from 15 to 18. He also said an inquiry had been opened into why police failed...
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Huckster Finn
The War on Guns (Free subscription) | 24/09/2008
Matti Vanhanen said Finland should consider banning private handguns. Well, that didn't take long. [Via Zachary G ]
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