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They certainly did until it was forbidden to take ammunition home. In 2000 suicide by guns was 27% and in 2016 it was 20% of all suicides in Switzerland. Compar

• brohee 7y ago
  That says nothing about the use of the service rifle. Firearm ownership is much higher in Switzerland than the rest of Europe.
  • squiggleblaz 7y ago
    Surely there's a relationship between giving all your citizens a gun and higher firearm ownership. If the policy is deadly, does it matter whether the death happens with a service rifle or a weapon they bought because of their happy memories? I mean, it's not exactly as if the Swiss militia let them operate an independent foreign policy last time they felt threatened with invasion.