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

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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 Switzerlandto 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.

Business Insider took a look at the country’s past with guns to see why it has lower rates of gun violence than the US, where gun death rates are now at their highest in more than 20 years.

Read the rest here: https://www.businessinsider.com/switzerland-gun-laws-rates-of-gun-deaths-2018-2

2 thoughts on “Switzerland has a stunningly high rate of gun ownership — here’s why it doesn’t have mass shootings

  1. “The country’s overall murder rate is near zero.”

    Because everybody & their mother is armed… and everyone knows it.

    And the main reason they don’t have fake mass shootings is because they don’t have resources that the stinking jews are lusting after.

  2. Mafia retires in Switzerland. Active Jew mafia are still in America. Nobody does mass shootings, only in America. We are the worlds trash can.

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