Germany has basically as many privately owned guns as sweden per capita. Germany is nearer to the Balkans. It hosts a million people from a war country (Ukraine

Germany has basically as many privately owned guns as sweden per capita. Germany is nearer to the Balkans. It hosts a million people from a war country (Ukraine). There are lots of illegal weapons. One important difference between Germany and Sweden: youth unemployment is much much lower in Germany. Similar developments as in Sweden can be seen in the Netherlands, due to the drug trade. Background to the situation in Sweden: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/aug/27/sweden-seeks-to-stem-deadly-rise-in-youth https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/aug/27/sweden-seeks-t... But generally the homicide rate in Sweden is very low (~ 1/6 of the US), Germany a bit lower, still. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_intentional_homicide_rate https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_intention...