Talk:SIG Sauer Mosquito

Why no mention of the Finland shootings?

I can see it has been added and then swiftly removed from the page several times.. I'd say it was pretty important for this article, as the gun's notoriety [sic] definently is very high because of this incident.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jokela_school_shooting KnatLouie (talk) 18:36, 18 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

It is too soon to say that the gun has become notorious. By Wikipedia Firearms group guidelines, WP:GUNS#Guidelines under Criminal Use, to become noteworthy for mention in the article on the weapon itself, there needs to be changes in laws due to the weapon, or other noteworthy results such as the gun itself being banned. It is simply too soon to know yet. Yaf (talk) 17:11, 23 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Does major changes in implementation of current law that gives wide discretionary powers to the police count? As a result of the Kauhajoki and Jokela massacres, the Police Department of the Ministry of Interior of Finland has issued an order (SMDno/2008/1009, dated Sep 29th 2008) to all police departments in Finland instructing them to grant licenses to SIG Mosquito, Walther P22 and similar .22LR pistols made to resemble service calibre weapons, only with special consideration. In Finnish:

Viranomaiskäyttöön tarkoitettujen ampuma-aseiden pienoispistooli-kaliiperisten versioiden ei tulisi katsoa soveltuvan hyvin ampumaurheiluun.

Translation: "Small calibre pistol versions of such firearms, that are intended for use by the authorities, should not be considered to be well suitable for sport shooting. Soveltuu hyvin or is well suitable for the purpose of is the technical requirement for all licensed firearms per section 44 of the Finnish Firearms Act. So in other words this order (whether actually legal to give or not) had the effect of almost outright banning licensing of SIG Mosquito to new purchasers. Consequently gun shops are selling them at a significant discount to persons who managed to secure their license to purchase before this order from the Ministry of Interior. --85.156.227.17 (talk) 15:43, 12 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

If the information you have given is accurate, then there is a case for covering the Jokela massacre. The reason why it wasn't covered before was that we had yet to see any effects such as those given as criteria in WP:GUNS#Criminal use, but we now see that there has been an effect as a result of the shooting.--LWF (talk) 20:57, 12 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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SIG Mosquito → SIG Sauer Mosquito — The SIG Sauer P220, SIG Sauer P226, SIG Sauer P230, SIG Sauer P238 and SIG Sauer P239 are all "SIG Sauer", not "SIG". Consistency is good. The pistol is being sold by SIG Sauer now as the SIG Sauer Mosquito. Faceless Enemy (talk) 18:36, 28 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

moved, uncontroversial request billinghurst sDrewth 13: 36, 6 July 2010 (UTC)

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Preserving here by providing this link; my rationale was: "unsourced intricate detail / WP:PROMO". --K.e.coffman (talk) 04:13, 9 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]