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This is Iceland — the a gun-loving country with no shooting murders since 2007.

Olaf Garðar Garðarsson is eager to get his hands on a rifle.

But he can’t just walk into a store and buy one.

In Iceland, anyone who wants to own a gun must go through a mandatory 4-hour lecture and be tested at a range.

Candidates are examined by a doctor who checks that they are in good physical and mental health.

They have a meeting with the chief of police, who asks why they want to own a gun and runs a background check.

“For us, it would be really strange if you could get a license to buy a gun and you had no idea how to handle it,” says Garðarsson, 28.

Gun control advocates in the U.S. sometimes point to countries with strict gun laws and very few gun deaths.

But guns are everywhere in Iceland — about 1 for every 3 people.

Icelanders believe the rigorous gun laws on this small, remote volcanic rock can offer lessons to the United States.

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