Are there guns in Iceland?

But guns are everywhere in Iceland, about one for every three people, and many here are staunch advocates of their right to own a firearm. "There's nothing wrong with the gun," said Jóhann Vilhjálmsson, a gunsmith in Reykjavik, echoing a favorite argument of the National Rifle Association. "The gun kills nothing, you know?

Is Iceland a gun-loving country?

Instead, he is sitting through a mandatory four-hour lecture on the history and physics of the firearm. This is Iceland — the gun-loving nation that hasn't experienced a gun-related murder since 2007.

Can a Russian warplane attack Iceland?

Iceland is a tough nut to crack. But if any Russian warplane successfully can press an attack on the island, it’s the Tu-160. The type’s extreme long range allows it to loop around Iceland, outside the range of land-based fighters, before angling toward the country along a vector that minimizes its exposure to NATO defenses.

Can Iceland's gun laws teach us a lesson?

Icelanders believe the rigorous gun laws on this small, remote volcanic rock can offer lessons to the United States. "The system here works," said Gunnar Rúnar Sveinbjörnsson, a flip-flop-wearing spokesman for Reykjavik's police department. "We would be glad to help."