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Why the Swiss Love Their Guns (more than Americans)
YouTube ^ | Dec 11, 2023 | Johnny Harris via YouTube

Posted on 12/21/2023 7:08:12 PM PST by thecodont

Americans and Swiss citizens have some of the highest rates of gun ownership in the world, but their gun cultures differ wildly. One country has seen over 500 mass shootings in 2023 alone, while the other has had less than a handful over the past twenty years. To understand why there’s such a stark difference between these two countries’ gun cultures, we traveled to Switzerland to see how each of these cultures started, and where they began to part ways.

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TOPICS: History; Military/Veterans; Travel
KEYWORDS: banglist; europe; guns; propaganda; switzerland
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1 posted on 12/21/2023 7:08:12 PM PST by thecodont
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To: thecodont

“One country has seen over 500 mass shootings in 2023 alone, while the other has had less than a handful over the past twenty years.”

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Most folks know exactly why but will not say it in public.

But they know...

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2 posted on 12/21/2023 7:30:54 PM PST by TLI (ITINERIS IMPENDEO VALHALLA)
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To: thecodont

No African American ‘Rats in CH?


3 posted on 12/21/2023 7:36:22 PM PST by Paladin2
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To: thecodont
The swiss and americans both enjoy food as well. Americans seem to be much more obese. Perhaps all of this is related.
4 posted on 12/21/2023 7:38:06 PM PST by Theoria
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To: TLI

No pavement apes.


5 posted on 12/21/2023 7:39:33 PM PST by In_Iowa_not_from
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To: thecodont

I think it proves a point I often try to make. It’s not about the guns. It’s about the culture.


6 posted on 12/21/2023 7:39:36 PM PST by sjmjax
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To: TLI

Plenty of white guys going on shooting rampages over the past 20 years. Sandy Hook, the Vegas guy, Charleston Church, Pittsburgh Synagogue.... it goes on and on.


7 posted on 12/21/2023 7:39:37 PM PST by bigdaddy45
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To: thecodont
Americans and Swiss citizens have some of the highest rates of gun ownership in the world, but their gun cultures differ wildly. One country has seen over 500 mass shootings in 2023 alone, while the other has had less than a handful over the past twenty years

How many minorities do they have in Switzerland?

I've read articles that claimed if you removed the minority crimes from the US, we have a lower crime rate than any place in Europe.

8 posted on 12/21/2023 7:43:08 PM PST by DiogenesLamp ("of parents owing allegiance to no other sovereignty.")
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To: bigdaddy45

What’s a “mass shooting” these days? Three victims? Four? Face it...the urban drive-bys blow our statistics up.


9 posted on 12/21/2023 7:43:21 PM PST by gundog (It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. )
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To: bigdaddy45
Meanwhile, in Chicongo ...
10 posted on 12/21/2023 7:43:30 PM PST by NorthMountain (... the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
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To: bigdaddy45
I've read that anti-psychotic drugs are a common factor in all the cases you've mentioned. There are people that argue the medications these people used actually *MAKE* you psychotic.

Perhaps someone more familiar with this argument will chime in?

11 posted on 12/21/2023 7:45:07 PM PST by DiogenesLamp ("of parents owing allegiance to no other sovereignty.")
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To: thecodont

I once rented a Swiss car but couldn’t get the dang thing out of neutral.


12 posted on 12/21/2023 7:47:42 PM PST by Hillarys Gate Cult (“History doesn’t repeat itself but it often rhymes” - Possibly Mark Twain.)
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To: DiogenesLamp
Not really fair to Europe to leave their minorities into their stats, and not exclude for a accurate stat. We are full of violent people in America, we have always had that.

Europe has had the advantage of weening out their men and genetics via world wars. The opposite comes into play that they are full of more pussies now, though we are catching up.

13 posted on 12/21/2023 7:51:04 PM PST by Theoria
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To: thecodont

complete bs.

anyway, at a guess, our population .5 billion (counting illegals). swiss about .005 billion this we have .5 / .005 = 100x difference at the outset. meaning on population alone we ought to have about 100 for every one of their’s. after that we dice their lying statistics and i bet the homcides our population of law abiding, *citizen* gun owners is comparable or better than theirs.


14 posted on 12/21/2023 7:53:15 PM PST by dadfly
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To: thecodont

How do you think all those holes got in the Swiss cheese.


15 posted on 12/21/2023 7:54:33 PM PST by HighSierra5 (The only way you know a commie is lying is when they open their pieholes.)
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To: thecodont
Be sure and watch this too:

Colion Noir debunks the Johnny Harris Swiss gun culture slobberfest.

(I took some editorial license with my title.)

16 posted on 12/21/2023 7:55:31 PM PST by Disambiguator
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To: bigdaddy45

We could start with Serotonin and norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors.

That would cover more than half of the incidences.

Another large percentage would be near-retards guided into it by feds.

By the time one has waded through all that crap there would be a few more waiting in the wings for a visit from their “FriEnD.”

Lets not leave out our impulsive friends pulling pistols over a garden hose or some chicken nuggets...

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17 posted on 12/21/2023 7:55:53 PM PST by TLI (ITINERIS IMPENDEO VALHALLA)
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To: Theoria
I should rephrase my statement to say it was true *BEFORE* Europe imported so many Muslims/Africans. I haven't seen recent stats, but 20 years or so ago, the argument was correct. Nowadays they have massive amounts of violence in Europe, including gun violence. In Sweden they even have grenade violence.

The only places in Europe that haven't seen explosions of violence are Poland and Hungary. Both kept out "immigrants."

18 posted on 12/21/2023 7:56:46 PM PST by DiogenesLamp ("of parents owing allegiance to no other sovereignty.")
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To: thecodont; All

Here an alternate view

Debunking the Viral Gun Control Propaganda: Why the Swiss Love Their Guns More Than Americans

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bf_aohjp7I0


19 posted on 12/21/2023 8:05:23 PM PST by Polynikes (Nicht geimpft Mensch 2nd Klasse)
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To: thecodont

The lack of diversity is their strength.


20 posted on 12/21/2023 8:06:01 PM PST by FLT-bird
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