Gun control: Norway s police only fired two bullets in 2014

Norwegian officers drew their weapons just 42 times in 2014, the lowest number of times in the last 12 years. Only two people were killed in police shootings in the same period.

The majority of Norway’s police, like forces in Britain, Ireland and Iceland, patrol unarmed and carry guns only under special circumstances.

In the US where officers are armed at all times, 547 people have been killed by police during the first six months of 2015 alone, 503 of them by gunshot.