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Thanks to mandatory military service almost every household in Switzerland has a gun.

• bayesian_horse 7y ago
  I wouldn't attribute it to mandatory military service, but rather to the attitude of soldiers/reservists keeping an issued gun at home, with all the benefits and disadvantages. Which also isn't the norm in most countries with mandatory military service. Unfortunately, those guns are indeed regularly used in suicides and murders, often in a spur of a moment decision.