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Great Moments In Icelandic History: Police Try To Buy Machine Guns From Norway
On October 21st, 2014, Icelanders woke to the news that the Icelandic police had acquired an arsenal of MP5 machine guns and Glock 17 semiautomatics. While this might not be news in many other countries, Icelandic police are known for not carrying…
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Police Purchased Guns For 16 Million ISK In Last 10 Years
According to documentation provided by the Ministry of the Interior, the Icelandic Police has bought guns for approximately 16 million ISK in the past ten years. The dossier was published following a request from Left-Green MP, Katrín Jakobsdóttir, about information on the…
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Police Estimate 30.000 Unregistered Weapons In Iceland
A policeman estimates that around 30.000 unregistered weapons are in circulation in Iceland reports Vísir. Additionally he believes that AK-47’s have been smuggled into the country in Russian trawlers. “In Iceland there are about 73.000 registered weapons,” policeman Runólfur Þórhallsson wrote in a…
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Coast Guard Will Return Guns —As Soon As They Can For Free
The 250 machine guns acquired from Norway, by the Coast Guard, to share with Iceland’s Police forces, have not been returned as intended. According to the Coast Guard’s public relations manager, they are waiting for an opportunity to ship the guns back…
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Police Need Machine Guns To Fight Islamic State
The general police forces need 70 pieces of MP5 submachine guns as soon as possible, 150 soon, and at least 260 such weapons in the long term, to have the upper hand against terrorism, says Jón Bjartmarz, Chief Superintendent at the High…
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Police Still Getting Guns
The highly disputed machine guns, recently acquired from Norway, only to be returned, will be replaced with weaponry from elsewhere, says the National Comissioner of the Icelandic Police (NCIP). This was reported today, Wednesday. In a response to inquiries made by RÚV,…
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A Farewell To Arms
The MP5 submachine guns Iceland received from Norway will be sent back, the Icelandic Coast Guard has announced. According to the announcement, posted today on the Coast Guard’s website, the conclusion of talks with the Norwegian army yesterday and today led to…
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Police Guns Detained By Toll Authorities Until Proven Gifts
The 250 machine guns, recently acquired from the Norwegian army, have been sealed off by toll authorities, who will not deliver them to the Coast Guard until the latter can prove that the weapons were a gift, as its representatives have publicly…
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Iceland Demanded Secrecy Over Weapons Purchase
The Icelandic Coast Guard demanded that its purchase of 250 machine guns from the Norwegian army would not be made public, according to RÚV. The request for secrecy was made as early as December 2013. This was revealed when RÚV asked the…
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Because This Is Not Disneyland!
Last Monday, the forecast predicted that any upcoming debates would be rather pointless, void of content and consequences. We have yet to see about the consequnces, but last week turned out to be pretty loaded with content. The content: Cargo. A somewhat…