Why post-Örebro gun control split the Sweden Democrats

In this week's episode: Reader reactions to Örebro mass murder, and why a gun law debate sparked fury among Sweden Democrats. For Membership+ subscribers: What would make the government rethink a plan to apply citizenship law changes retroactively to current applicants? And why the King revealed the wrong name for a new Swedish princess.

Host Paul O’Mahony is joined this week by regular panelists Emma Löfgren and James Savage.

Here are links to some of the topics discussed in the episode:

Crime

• OPINION: It's down to Sweden's lawmakers to help immigrants feel less vulnerable
• FULL LIST: What we know of the ten victims of the Örebro campus attack
• Did the prime minister find his inner statesman?
• Sweden to allow schoolbag searches after mass shooting

Politics

• Top Sweden Democrat steps down after party pushes ahead with AR-15 ban
• Sweden to limit access to semi-automatic weapons after mass shooting

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