Happiest countries in the world. Just look at these socialist hellholes!

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Happiest countries in the world. Just look at these socialist hellholes! http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/09/09/world-happiness-report-happiest-countries_n_3894041.html … #tcot #UniteBlue

8:07 AM - 8 Apr 2015

http://theobamadiary.com/2015/04/08/chat-away-541/

[pansypoo53219]

1. Denmark was awesome. amerika needs to get a clue.

SOSIALISM IS NOT COMMUNISM!

[hunter]

2. Yeah. but here in the U.S.A. any fool can have a gun...

... and many fools do.

[JonLP24]

4. No surprise to see the Nordic countries make the list

I see them in the top 5 on justice system & health care rankings. Top 10 least corrupt. Top 10 in virtually anything
http://www.weforum.org/reports/global-competitiveness-report-2014-2015

They also have one of the highest rates of gun ownership

Norway, Sweden, Finland, & Switzerland are in the top 10. USA is #1 (what a list to actually be #1 in) Iraq & Saudi Arabia are in top 10 & doubt they score high on the happy rankings.

[hunter]

5. American gun fetishists would never accept European and "Nordic" style gun regulation.

In all these nations a fool and his gun are soon parted.

Gun politics in Switzerland are unique in Europe. The vast majority of men between the ages of 20 and 30 are conscripted into the militia and undergo military training, including weapons training. The personal weapons of the militia are kept at home as part of the military obligations, however it is generally not permitted to keep army issued ammunition (compatible ammunition purchased privately by the individual is still permitted); Switzerland thus has one of the highest gun ownership rates in the world. In recent times a minority of political opposition has expressed a desire for tighter gun regulations. A referendum in February 2011 rejected stricter gun control.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gun_politics_in_Switzerland

Gun ownership is prohibited in Norway, unless one has officially documented a use for the gun. By far the most common grounds for civilian ownership are hunting and sports shooting, in that order. Other needs can include special guard duties or self-defense, but the first is rare unless the person shows identification confirming that he or she is a trained guard or member of a law-enforcement agency and the second is practically never accepted as a reason for gun ownership.

There are special rules for collectors of guns. They are exempt from many parts of the regulation, but, in turn, they must meet even more narrow qualifications. Collectors may purchase, but not fire without permission, all kinds of guns in their respective areas of interest, which they have defined in advance.

Ownership is regulated in paragraph 7, and responsibility for issuing a gun ownership license is given to the police authority in the applicant's district.

Rifle and shotgun ownership permission can be given to "sober and responsible" persons 18 years or older. The applicant for the permission must document a need for the weapon. Two exceptions exist to this age qualification. Persons under the age of 18, but over 16 may apply for rifle or shotgun ownership licence with the consent of parents or guardian. For handguns, the lowest ownership age is 21 with no exceptions allowed. For inherited weapons, it is up to the local police chief to make a decision based on the individual facts of the case.

An applicant must have a clean police record in order to obtain an ownership license.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gun_politics_in_Norway

[MrScorpio]

3. My wife is Dutch born, but she's a naturalized American….

There are times when I consider asking her to take us both back to the Netherlands and settling there.