That is a very good article , but I am disappointed to learn that in Switzerland a maniac can find gun free zones to wreak mayhem in.
Central in this article is the assertion that having practically 100% registration does not prevent many crimes.
"There is a lack there," admits Mr Suter. "The systems are not connected. But today they are really on their way to fitting all the information together, and there is not a single legal gun here which is unregistered. But a national register does not necessarily avoid tragedy - 100% control you cannot organise. It's impossible."
Since about half of the guns there were either issued by the government or bought with government subsidy , you would expect that registration would be easier there than anywhere.
Laugh line
Yet despite the prevalence of firearms, violent gun-related street crime is extremely rare in Switzerland.
Despite? I don't think this word means what the author thinks it does.
I agree with this guy
Hermann Suter, vice-president of the Swiss lobbying group Pro Tell, is infuriated by calls that the Swiss military should give up their guns and store them in a central arsenal.
"It is a question of trust between the state and the citizen. The citizen is not just a citizen, he is also a soldier, " he reminds me. "The gun at home is the best way to avoid dictatorships - only dictators take arms away from the citizens."
This is the central intent of the second amendment, in this respect getting more like Switzerland would be a winner. Swiss Democracy is much older than our own and they have the method down pat.
I learn that the Swiss citizen army is a lot smaller than it used to be , and that the government is keeping most of the ammunition away from the rifles. Is this related to the small increase in massacres?Is the shooting that leads this article a result of the harsher gun control that the Swiss are submitted to now?
This chart is mysterious,
What sort of laws does Mexico need? They must be closing in on Chicago.
I learn that the Swiss citizen army is a lot smaller than it used to be , and that the government is keeping most of the ammunition away from the rifles. Is this related to the small increase in massacres?