The rise of Sweden as Europe’s gun crime capital

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  1. Obviously people on this forum of all are going to take this as face value, but, for the sake of critical thinking, when an article begins

    > Gun crime in Sweden is **rife**

    This is the biggest red flag that what you’re about to read is purposefully only going to present data which confirms its viewpoint. For an informative, objective piece of work you should not begin the work with such heavily-loaded language unless you’re attempting to convince people of a pre-conceived view you hold.

    This is in no way to say that the article is full of inaccurate information, but that it is being written with an agenda clearly in mind from the get go.

  2. Article states three reasons for increase in gun violence.

    1. Lax crime sentencing laws. Example: a minor convicted of murder can only be sentence to 4 years making juveniles prime recruits for gangs

    2. Large inflow of weapons, particularly from western Balkans

    3. Poor integration of immigrants creating “paralel societies” which are breeding grounds for gangs/mafia/organized crime

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