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Trondheim police to get machine guns (Norway)
Aftenposten (Norway) ^ | January 21, 2005

Posted on 01/24/2005 2:21:08 AM PST by Stoat

Trondheim police to get machine guns

Norway's police are generally unarmed and must equip themselves for emergencies. Trondheim police may be the first to make a major upgrade.
Several police vehicles in Trondheim will soon be supplied with MP-5 machine guns, local newspaper Adresseavisen reports. The goal is to be able to respond more quickly in serious crime situations.

Neither of Norway's larger cities, Oslo or Bergen, are ready to arm their police with two-handed weapons.

"Authorities gave clearance for this type of weapon in our vehicles just before Christmas. This will apply to a limited number of vehicles and everyone who might use such weapons must have special training," South-Trøndelag deputy police commissioner Toralf Pedersen told Adresseavisen.

Pedersen said the change only made the process of using weapons quicker, the process, which requires the police commissioner to order the arming of officers, remains the same. Machine guns have several advantages that should reassure the public, he said.

"Among other things these weapons can be equipped with lights, they have more firepower and at the same time give officers greater confidence when they enter a situation. There is less chance of error," Pedersen said.



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1 posted on 01/24/2005 2:21:08 AM PST by Stoat
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To: Stoat
Doesn't the Norwegians manufacture any superior firearms?
2 posted on 01/24/2005 2:27:09 AM PST by endthematrix (Declare 2005 as the year the battle for freedom from tax slavery!)
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To: Stoat

The Wake-up Call is on........


3 posted on 01/24/2005 2:32:07 AM PST by Route101
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To: endthematrix
Doesn't the Norwegians manufacture any superior firearms?
 

Right offhand, I can't think of any...certainly nothing in the class of the MP5.  A cursory Google search for 'Norwegian firearms' brings hits mainly pertaining to older hunting and military rifles.

Perhaps other Freepers can provide a more detailed answer.

4 posted on 01/24/2005 2:34:21 AM PST by Stoat
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To: endthematrix

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5 posted on 01/24/2005 2:35:57 AM PST by endthematrix (Declare 2005 as the year the battle for freedom from tax slavery!)
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To: endthematrix
VAPENSMIA NM149S
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6 posted on 01/24/2005 2:38:27 AM PST by Stoat
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To: endthematrix

Norway might be up to manufacturing spears; they hadn't gotten that far when WW-II broke out.


7 posted on 01/24/2005 2:42:02 AM PST by judywillow
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To: Stoat
Norwegians in Afghanistan: Norwegian with the NM 149
8 posted on 01/24/2005 2:45:16 AM PST by endthematrix (Declare 2005 as the year the battle for freedom from tax slavery!)
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To: Route101
The Wake-up Call is on........

Let's hope that they do indeed wake to the call  :-)

Gee, I wonder if the CRIME WAVE that the Norwegian police are experiencing might have anything to do with the NEW, SISSY EU BORDER LAWS????

UK invaded by crime mobs (New, lax EU border regulations blamed)

9 posted on 01/24/2005 2:51:33 AM PST by Stoat
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To: endthematrix
Norwegians in Afghanistan: Norwegian with the NM 149

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10 posted on 01/24/2005 2:54:43 AM PST by Stoat
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To: Stoat

Date: 15 April 2002

Norway signs UN protocol on firearms
The Government decided today that Norway will sign the UN Protocol of 31 May 2001 against the Illicit Manufacturing and Trafficking in Firearms, Their Parts and Components and Ammunition.


11 posted on 01/24/2005 2:56:19 AM PST by endthematrix (Declare 2005 as the year the battle for freedom from tax slavery!)
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To: endthematrix

I think the only firearm of import that came out of that area of the world was the Krag, which Teddy Roodeveldt made famous by carrying up San Jaun hill. That would be an 1895 design, bolt action chambered in 30-40.


12 posted on 01/24/2005 3:21:57 AM PST by exnavy
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To: Stoat

But . . . . but . . . . but aren't the Norwegians morally superior to the US because they don't have any crime; they are a happy nation who only worry about trolls and US presidents giving Satanic hand gestures?


13 posted on 01/24/2005 3:30:51 AM PST by DustyMoment (Repeal CFR NOW!!)
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And I thought studies show that carrying a gun makes you more likely to shoot yourself or a family member than a criminal! Isn't that what libs always tell us?


14 posted on 01/24/2005 4:21:18 AM PST by Pete98 (After his defeat by the Son of God, Satan changed his name to Allah and started over.)
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To: DustyMoment

Norway is superior in one respect: it allows civilians to purchase and use suppressors ("silencers") on their firearms.


15 posted on 01/24/2005 6:42:10 AM PST by Max in Utah (By their works you shall know them.)
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To: Stoat
Neither of Norway's larger cities, Oslo or Bergen, are ready to arm their police with two-handed weapons.

Trondheim [Trondheimfjord Intermunicipal Harbour, TIH for the navigator types aboard] is a fairly major shipping and passenger cruise liner centre [it was a German U-boat base during WWII, accordingly oft-bombed by the Allies, and I wouldn't be a bit suprised if its dock district is a good bit roughrt than those of Bergen or Oslo. And those international passengers aboard the Norwegian cruise liners make a tempting terrorist target.


16 posted on 01/25/2005 9:37:48 AM PST by archy (The darkness will come. It will find you,and it will scare you like you've never been scared before.)
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To: endthematrix
Doesn't the Norwegians manufacture any superior firearms?

Absolutely. From the old days when Kongsberg Vaapenfabrik turned out Ole Krag's turnbolt repeating rifle and a superb copy of the US M1911 Colt .45 autopistol, to todays AK4 version of the H&K line of rifles, and bigger and better toys such as the 40mm Bofers antiaircraft gun still in service in a twin-mounting aboard some USAF AC130 Spectre gunships, the Swedish S-tank and the Penguin Anti-Ship Missile, they've got a fine line of National Defense goodies.

But I hold two particular favourites in particularly high regard:

The Swedish Kp45 *Swedish K* submachinegun, and the 84mm M2 *Charlie-Gee* antitank recoilless rifle:



17 posted on 01/25/2005 9:54:36 AM PST by archy (The darkness will come. It will find you,and it will scare you like you've never been scared before.)
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To: endthematrix
Doesn't the Norwegians manufacture any superior firearms?

Absolutely. From the old days when Kongsberg Vaapenfabrik turned out Ole Krag's turnbolt repeating rifle and a superb copy of the US M1911 Colt .45 autopistol, to todays AK4 version of the H&K line of rifles, and bigger and better toys such as the 40mm Bofers antiaircraft gun still in service in a twin-mounting aboard some USAF AC130 Spectre gunships, the Swedish S-tank and the Penguin Anti-Ship Missile, they've got a fine line of National Defense goodies.

But I hold two particular favourites in particularly high regard:

The Swedish Kp45 *Swedish K* submachinegun, and the 84mm M2 *Charlie-Gee* antitank recoilless rifle:



18 posted on 01/25/2005 9:55:16 AM PST by archy (The darkness will come. It will find you,and it will scare you like you've never been scared before.)
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To: DustyMoment
But . . . . but . . . . but aren't the Norwegians morally superior to the US because they don't have any crime; they are a happy nation who only worry about trolls and US presidents giving Satanic hand gestures?

Short answer? No.

19 posted on 01/25/2005 9:57:15 AM PST by 1rudeboy
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To: Route101

You are much too soft on traffic violators.


20 posted on 01/25/2005 9:59:09 AM PST by verity (The Liberal Media is America's Enemy)
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