Actually they did ask the people. That is how our particular flavour of democracy works.
Stop playing retarded. Did we have a popular vote about the gun law? The legislation about chemicals? The immigration? The drug law?
Why can you buy concentrated mineral acids in all those countries but not here?
Grow a brain. The Swedish democracy is about electing officials who by that election are granted the power to "speak for us" in the parliamentary process. This includes legislative tasks.
So they don't have that system in those other countries? Still: why are those acids totally free there? They're even totally free in Denmark.
I didn't say they don't have that system in other countries, did I? That reading comprehension problem of yours is embarrassing, isn't it?
The elected officials in different countries will mos likely decide differently form each other, depending on their values, political affiliation, etc. Yes, I'm well aware of Sweden usually being more restrictive than others regarding these matters, but that's not what the discussion is about. You want to change it? Vote for someone who shares your views. Try to get others to vote with you. Engage in political discussions, preferably without mentioning how you'd like to kill cops, and DO SOMETHING INSTEAD OF JUST WHINING!