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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In the USA, the gun murderer rate for whites is about 2.5 per 100,000 - about five times higher.
However, gun ownership in the USA is at least 10 times higher.
Also, in the USA murder statistics, North Africans and Middle East immigrants are classified as white, and Hispanics are allowed to self-identify as white.
That's the number of victims, the actual number of events involving a single shooter is 38.
Mass shootings is defined as an event involving four or more killings.
“ No African American ‘Rats in CH?”
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On sheer numbers, you would expect Switzerland to only have 1/38 time the number of any type of crime.
On the other hand, the Swiss have a significantly different set of cultures than do Americans.
If you look at Swiss-Americans, it is near certain their crime rate is comparable or lower than Swiss in Switzerland.
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You left out the Swiss-cheese. 😁
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