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That's not a response... http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/specials/switzerland_for_the_record/european_records/Switzerland_s_troubling_record_of_suicide.html?cid=83
by vhf 14y ago
That's not a response...
http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/specials/switzerland_for_the_record/european_records/Switzerland_s_troubling_record_of_suicide.html?cid=8301804 http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/specials/switzerland_for_the_rec...
Switzerland holds the European record for rate of gun suicide, and record of guns per capita. Suicide is the leading cause of death for people younger than 35.
There's clearly a problem with the Swiss legal obligation of having a gun at home. (Mandatory for every conscript soldier, i.e. almost every swiss man, including me.)
I do believe that if I was not obligated to have a gun at home, I would not willfully buy one and thus would not have access to one.
- tlear 14y agoJust so you don't randomly decide to kill yourself? If you want to kill yourself you will lack of a gun is not an issue.
- PostOnce 14y agoConversely, South Korea has absurdly strict gun laws (i.e., even hunters must keep their rifles at the police station and not at home during the off-season) and almost no-one owns a gun. Despite that, South Korea has possibly the highest suicide rate in the world. see also: Lithuania