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Switzerland shooting: Several killed in Swiss canton of Aargau, police say
Australian Broadcasting Corporation ^ | 9 May 2015 | Anon

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 ...


TOPICS: Australia/New Zealand; Crime/Corruption; Front Page News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 2ndamendment; aargau; australia; banglist; europe; europeanunion; nato; secondamendment; shooting; swiss; switzerland
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1 posted on 05/10/2015 1:35:33 AM PDT by BlackVeil
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One household dead.


2 posted on 05/10/2015 1:39:02 AM PDT by Domangart
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Maybe not terror-related, but no word on if muzzy related

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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3 posted on 05/10/2015 3:23:05 AM PDT by C210N (When people fear government there is tyranny; when government fears people there is liberty)
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Many thanks for the link, and informative update.

Yes, I am still waiting for the full story.


4 posted on 05/10/2015 3:29:51 AM PDT by BlackVeil ('The past is never dead. It's not even past.' William Faulkner)
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Switzerland is a VERY VIOLENT country.


5 posted on 05/10/2015 5:45:50 AM PDT by BobL (REPUBLICANS - Fight for the WHITE VOTE...and you will win (see my home page))
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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).


6 posted on 05/10/2015 6:45:56 AM PDT by LibertyOh
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They sure hide it well.


7 posted on 05/10/2015 6:53:20 AM PDT by ansel12
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RE: Switzerland is a VERY VIOLENT country.

Did you forget the /s tag?


8 posted on 05/10/2015 7:06:17 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: LibertyOh; ansel12; SeekAndFind

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)


9 posted on 05/10/2015 7:32:05 AM PDT by BobL (REPUBLICANS - Fight for the WHITE VOTE...and you will win (see my home page))
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I thought the Swiss didn’t have guns.


10 posted on 05/10/2015 8:31:53 AM PDT by ilovesarah2012
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I thought the Swiss didn't have guns

Standard issue with a driver's license.


11 posted on 05/10/2015 8:42:39 AM PDT by Fightin Whitey
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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/


12 posted on 05/10/2015 10:46:10 AM PDT by RedWhiteBlue (Mama tried)
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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


13 posted on 05/10/2015 11:54:57 AM PDT by ilovesarah2012
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The Swiss have lots of guns.


14 posted on 05/10/2015 2:23:51 PM PDT by dinodino
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Who wrote this?? Obama? It should be Austria, NOT..Australia.
15 posted on 05/10/2015 2:46:22 PM PDT by SandRat (Duty - Honor - Country! What else needs said?)
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To: LibertyOh
I had heard that all Swiss who are in the reserves (basically everyone of military age) are issued a gun and a can of ammunition. However, if their can is open, they have to account for each round missing. Is this true?

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.

16 posted on 05/10/2015 3:21:35 PM PDT by Vigilanteman (Obama: Fake black man. Fake Messiah. Fake American. How many fakes can you fit in one Zer0?)
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To: BobL

I thought all those Eurowinnie nations outlawed guns in private hands.


17 posted on 05/10/2015 4:47:39 PM PDT by RetiredArmy (It is about THE CROSS. It has always been and always will be about the CROSS!!!)
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To: ansel12; BobL

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.


18 posted on 05/10/2015 4:58:27 PM PDT by Lonesome in Massachussets (This is known as "bad luck". - Robert A. Heinlein)
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That’s why the Nazis wanted no part of invading Switzerland.


19 posted on 05/10/2015 5:00:48 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: BobL

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.


20 posted on 05/10/2015 5:24:20 PM PDT by MSF BU (Support the troops: Join Them.)
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