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Sounds perfect Wahhhh, I don’t wanna
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nbcnews: “ This is Iceland — the a gun-loving country with no shooting murders since 2007. Olaf Garðar Garðarsson is eager to get his hands on a rifle. But he can’t just walk into a store and buy one. In Iceland, anyone who wants to own a gun must go...
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This is Iceland — the a gun-loving country with no shooting murders since 2007.

Olaf Garðar Garðarsson is eager to get his hands on a rifle.

But he can’t just walk into a store and buy one.

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In Iceland, anyone who wants to own a gun must go through a mandatory 4-hour lecture and be tested at a range.

Candidates are examined by a doctor who checks that they are in good physical and mental health.

They have a meeting with the chief of police, who asks why they want to own a gun and runs a background check.

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“For us, it would be really strange if you could get a license to buy a gun and you had no idea how to handle it,” says Garðarsson, 28.

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Gun control advocates in the U.S. sometimes point to countries with strict gun laws and very few gun deaths.

But guns are everywhere in Iceland — about 1 for every 3 people.

Icelanders believe the rigorous gun laws on this small, remote volcanic rock can offer lessons to the United States.

Read more.

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gerrycanavan

Jury nullification. Pass it on.

antigovernmentextremist

Jury nullification is so fucking important.

lesserjoke

This is something that more people should be aware of, if only because (in many states, at least) defense attorneys are actually prohibited from mentioning it to jurors. The law allows a jury to return a “not guilty” verdict contrary to the facts of the case, but not for the defense to inform them of that power or to argue for its application in the current trial.

stfuconservatives

I didn’t know about this. Wow.

theveganarchist

always reblog

thatscienceteacher

This is SUPER IMPORTANT and also a good reason to show up for jury duty. You know all those laws you think are stupid? This is your chance to maybe do something about it. 

errors-dot-albi

I…. I thought this was common knowledge… signal boosting this because it obviously isn’t!

trials-of-socrates

Did not know this

thecringeandwincefactory

Jury nullification in the United States has its origins in colonial British America. Similar to British law, in the United States jury nullification occurs when a jury in a criminal case reaches a verdict contrary to the weight of evidence, sometimes because of a disagreement with the relevant law.

ana-logical

Yeah, jury nullification is AWESOME. It needs to come up more!!! (Also, jury duty sounds hella fun to me. Like, boring most of the time, but there’s always a chance something makes a difference)