Switzerland has a stunningly high rate of gun ownership — here's why it doesn't have mass shootings

[RayGravesGhost]

https://www.yahoo.com/news/switzerland-stunningly-high-rate-gun-221301791.html
Switzerland has a stunningly high rate of gun ownership — here's why it doesn't have mass shootings

• Switzerland hasn't had a mass shooting in 21 years.
• In the US, there is almost one every day, most recently in Nashville, Tennessee.
• The Swiss have strict rules for who can get a gun, and take firearm training very seriously.

Switzerland hasn't had a mass shooting since 2001, when a man stormed the local parliament in Zug, killing 14 people and then himself.

The country has about 2 million privately owned guns in a nation of 8.3 million people. In 2016, the country had 47 attempted homicides with firearms. The country's overall murder rate is near zero.

The National Rifle Association often points to Switzerland to argue that more rules on gun ownership aren't necessary. In 2016, the NRA said on its blog that the European country had one of the lowest murder rates in the world while still having millions of privately owned guns and a few hunting weapons that don't even require a permit.

But the Swiss have some specific rules and regulations for gun use.

 

[Uniformed_ReRe]

I don’t know if the two countries are comparable when you consider that much of the gun violence in the US is perpetrated by people who obtained their firearms outside of the law.

 

[RayGravesGhost]

The Switzerland article is about mass shootings not all gun violence

The majority of mass shootings in America...are committed by legal gun owners


https://www.statista.com/statistics/476461/mass-shootings-in-the-us-by-legality-of-shooters-weapons/
Mass shootings in the U.S.: legality of shooter's weapons, as of April 2023
Published by Statista Research Department, Apr 12, 2023

94 of the mass shootings in the United States between 1982 and April 2023 involved weapons which were obtained legally; a clear majority. Only 16 incidents involved guns that were obtained illegally.

 

[Uniformed_ReRe]

Aren’t the majority of gun deaths from non-mass shooters? How are they getting their guns?

 

[nail1988]

https://www.yahoo.com/news/switzerland-stunningly-high-rate-gun-221301791.html
Switzerland has a stunningly high rate of gun ownership — here's why it doesn't have mass shootings

• Switzerland hasn't had a mass shooting in 21 years.
• In the US, there is almost one every day, most recently in Nashville, Tennessee.
• The Swiss have strict rules for who can get a gun, and take firearm training very seriously.

Switzerland hasn't had a mass shooting since 2001, when a man stormed the local parliament in Zug, killing 14 people and then himself.

The country has about 2 million privately owned guns in a nation of 8.3 million people. In 2016, the country had 47 attempted homicides with firearms. The country's overall murder rate is near zero.

The National Rifle Association often points to Switzerland to argue that more rules on gun ownership aren't necessary. In 2016, the NRA said on its blog that the European country had one of the lowest murder rates in the world while still having millions of privately owned guns and a few hunting weapons that don't even require a permit.

But the Swiss have some specific rules and regulations for gun use.

They don’t have Democrat run crime invested cities and crazed Trannys

 

[RayGravesGhost]

They don’t have Democrat run crime invested cities and crazed Trannys

Have you ever been to Switzerland? I have.

You don't know what you're talking about 😂


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