How does anyone reconcile the fact that innocent people are killed every day buy gun owners

[Jeff In Milwaukee]

53. Oh dear....

Yes. People who want to kill are not deterred by laws. People who want to steal your car are not deterred by laws, but I'll bet you don't leave the keys in the ignition.

And Norway itself is a massive outlier. It has a significantly high rate of gun ownership (compared to the rest of Europe) but still maintains a low number of homicides, although Norway's rate for gun deaths is nearly double other nations in the EU. That being said, the body count from last year's spree killing was nearly equal to the country total annual firearm homicides.

But a fair question is, how DOES Norway manage to have more access to firearms and still keep their homicide rates almost 90% lower than the U.S.? The answer is that in Norway, there are a host of gun control measures that would cause the NRA to have a screaming hemorrhage. Guns in Norway must be disabled and locked when not in use, for starters, which is anathema to conceal-carry crowd.