Originally Posted by tore

Just passing through the internet wastelands and wanted to see what goes on. Perhaps this comment's already been made in some shape,but we have guns here in Norway. The perhaps striking difference is that we have guns for hunting and not for scaring / killing peeps. So, I think a gun culture - if there should be one - should at least go hand in hand with a hunting culture. Take out the hunting part and it seems more than a little nuts.

I heard in a podcast that in the US, there's a gunshow loophole which is basically that if you're at a gunshow, you can buy guns - no questions asked. In that podcast, they claim that this loophole exists in most states and account for about 50% of sales. This is how the Columbine shooters got their guns.

These are claims that I haven't confirmed at all, but if true, that's pretty crazy that 50% of guns is bought basically without any regulation other than eyeballing over the counter.