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Switzerland is, yeah. No such issue there, however.
by SpeedilyDamage 4y ago
Switzerland is, yeah. No such issue there, however.
- reducesuffering 4y agoSwitzerland is about 1/5 the guns per capita. If you look at US state gun prevalence, it reliably correlates to the where higher numbers of police are killed https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estimated_number_of_civilian_guns_per_capita_by_country#List_of_countries_by_estimated_number_of_guns_per_100_people https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estimated_number_of_civilian_g...
- SpeedilyDamage 4y agoChicken/egg problem. Who escalated first?
- squarefoot 4y agoProbably solvable by de-escalating both at the same time.
- nickcox 4y agoYou can solve this by not giving police guns in the first place.
- RationPhantoms 4y agoWhile true, the culture of guns in Switzerland is very different to the US.
- class4behavior 4y agoPeople spread this detail without knowing that the Swiss instead strickly control access to ammunition.
- pr0zac 4y agoI’m unsure why people think this is true. If you have the ability to buy a gun in Switzerland you can buy any amount of ammo just as easily. The difference is strong regulations disallowing carrying/transporting loaded weapons and enforcing storage requirements as well as a very different gun culture without the emphasis on handguns for self-protection.
- sasattack 4y agoAmmunition is tightly controlled in Switzerland as far as I understand. Having guns is not that helpful without some ammunition. Most people are not going to be prepared to produce ammunition
- rsj_hn 4y agoYou need a permit to buy ammunition in Switzerland, just as you need a permit to buy guns. But the permit is available if you do not have a criminal record. Ammunition is not more tightly controlled than guns, both are controlled, but not as tightly as in places like New York or California in the U.S. There are also government subsidized shooting ranges that do not require these permits.
- shubrich 4y agoBuying guns requires a permit (and a background check and maybe a chat with the local police department) but to buy ammunition in Switzerland you don't need a permit. Just a clean background check that you can request online.