Agree on federalism point. The US constitution is showing its chops since the main pushback against a Leviathan Federal Govt is State power and people are starting to use it.

There's a lot of difference between small, homogenous Nordic countries and the US, of course. Just don't see how guns stopped or even slowed-down COVID madness. I DO see, however, the need for firearm ownership when order was breaking down during the riots.