Standard issue with a driver's license.
Posted on 05/10/2015 1:35:32 AM PDT by BlackVeil
Several people have been killed in a shooting in the Swiss canton of Aargau, police say.
(Excerpt) Read more at abc.net.au ...
One household dead.
From another site: Canton (state) Aargau police spokesman Bernard Graser told the BBC that the motive appears to have been a family dispute and the case is not terror-related. "
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Many thanks for the link, and informative update.
Yes, I am still waiting for the full story.
Switzerland is a VERY VIOLENT country.
Rarely there are tragic crimes in every country, and while Switzerland may have it’s own peculiarities, it is not a “VERY VIOLENT country.” See http://www.nationmaster.com/country-info/compare/Switzerland/United-States/Crime for comparisons with the US - and shows it’s crime rates are a fraction of what we have in this country. In many categories, a very small fraction.
I lived in this Canton for a few months and worked there for over a year. I saw very little crime during my time living there (except my own lawbreaking - a few speeding tickets from traffic cameras - one for 1-1/2 mph over the limit).
They sure hide it well.
RE: Switzerland is a VERY VIOLENT country.
Did you forget the /s tag?
Yea, I was having some fun. At least in Switzerland, they let (actually require) people own guns, so I debated my posting.
My point is that I’m sick and tired about being lectured to by Europeans (and Canadians) about how safe their countries are, compared to the US, and therefore we should follow in their footsteps and outlaw guns.
If we want to follow in their footsteps to try to be as safe as them, how about they suggest that we match their demographics instead (at least their pre-Muslim invasion demographics). Kick out the trouble making minorities here and I can PROMISE you that violent crime would be reduced an order of magnitude. No one can show us a similar results after grabbing guns.
(and no, for you left-wing monitors, I’m not proposing ethnic cleansing, I’m just stating the obvious, given crime statistics)
I thought the Swiss didn’t have guns.
Standard issue with a driver's license.
Where did you get that idea? The Swiss love their guns! http://world.time.com/2012/12/20/the-swiss-difference-a-gun-culture-that-works/
I really had no idea.
Switzerland has one of the highest gun ownership rates in the world, with 45.7 guns per 100 residents (ranking below only the United States, Serbia, and Yemen in this measurement).
Read more at http://www.snopes.com/politics/guns/switzerland.asp#ioElpWX5tJ7l2HWj.99
The Swiss have lots of guns.
Seriously, though, it only takes one whack-job who snaps and goes on a crime spree of this type to make the crime rate spike for an otherwise low crime area.
I thought all those Eurowinnie nations outlawed guns in private hands.
The reason the Vatican has Swiss Guards is because the Swiss were considered the most warlike people in Europe at one time. Fiercely independent and proudly free. Kinda like Texas in 1845.
That’s why the Nazis wanted no part of invading Switzerland.
Generally I agree with you. Essentially, if you want a fair comparison, it would be Switzerland versus New Hampshire, not Switzerland versus the United States.
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