Sweden was, and is, one of the most law abiding countries, not much self defense was necessary. However, with the recent influx of refuges from not so nice places Sweden allows in for humanitarian reasons, things are changing, and not for the better. They were a very homogeneous population where everyone knew the rules and followed them. Many of the people coming in couldn’t care less about rules and just look at Sweden as easy.
From what I understand, the govt. is downplaying the crimes committed by refugees, and asking the same of the news media. In a recent election, the prime minister was unable to form a govt. for months because they did not want to collaborate with the small ultra right anti immigrant party.
They’ve never had to contend with the level of crime going on there now, I don’t think they know how to deal with it yet and are in denial. It’s a shame because essentially they are very good people with good intentions, but being the conscience of the world has come back to bite them in the butt.
All that being said, the crime is localized in a few cities, such as Malmo and parts of Stockholm, the balance of Sweden is still some of the safest places in the world.
