Swiss MessHomeland defense, the wrong way. By Dave Kopel, Stephen Halbrook & Carlo Stagnaro October 30, 2001 12:20 p.m. At about 10:30 A.M. on September 27, a 57-year-old man from Zurich (we won't give the killer publicity by mentioning his name), burst into the regional parliament of Zug — a canton in central Switzerland, near Lucerne — and opened fire, killing 14 people, all of them elected officials. He then appears to have committed suicide. Fourteen more were wounded. The killer thought he was on a vendetta against government and law enforcement. He had brought charges against public officers...