In March, an overzealous gun owner shot a few rounds into the air in Kópavogur, a suburb of Reykjavík. He’d just had the gun serviced and was eager to make sure it was in good working order. Pop! Pop! Pop!
Police were called to the scene, the news media rolled up, people speculated that someone might have been hurt. No one knew what was going on, no one could find any injured party, but neighbours swore they’d heard gunshots coming from somewhere nearby. This was a big deal. National news coverage big.
The gun owner came forward the next day and apologised. Police subsequently seized the gun in question, alongside all other weapons in his collection, then revoked his gun licence.
You might think that this shook the nation because gun ownership is rare, but you’d be wrong.
According to the research organisation Gun Policy, the estimated total of civilian-owned guns in Iceland is about 90,000. Full story...
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