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Why is gun control in Switzerland better than the United States? (lemmy.world)

submitted 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago) by CmdrGraves@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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I mean, it's one of those countries in Europe where they allow one to have the right to bear arms yet there are barely the guy entering school starts hurting kids or guy enters (public place) and proceeds to hurt others type incidents happen there while in the USA: amount of times that happens becomes excessive as fuck that it's an issue and a epidemic at that.

The stark difference is that the majority of gun owners in Switzerland are military (active or veterans) & gun fanatics (who have served). Despite being one of the most armed countries in Europe: you do not hear anything equivalent of what happened in Columbine, Orlando, Las Vegas as they're more disciplined than (cough) American gun owners or users.

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[–] Admetus@sopuli.xyz 15 points 15 hours ago

Mandatory military service, gun training, and guns are owned in a context of national security.

Whereas in US it's a 'self-defence' thing so apparently US citizens can fire off a gun in quite a few legal/illegal circumstances. That got extended to school shootings.

Wouldn't happen in Switzerland as it seems to be more a collective national defence protocol.