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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Those who hate guns should spend some time in Switzerland and see if it is a gun problem or a people problem. [/quote]

Gun owners in Switzerland undergo a significant psychological evaluation and criminal background check before they are allowed to own a firearm. The also require substantial weapons training. The mass shooter in Maine a few months ago, for instance, would for certain have had all his guns removed if he were in Switzerland when he was held for an involuntary psyche hold. Swiss gun owners are also subject to unannounced checks from police to ensure that guns and ammo are stored separately and safely. If they are not, they are taken.

Gun owners in this country would never consent to any of that. So Switzerland is not a good example.

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but mere presence of the gun making the shootings![/quote]

In Switzerland there are limitations and conditions for gun use - typically you are eligible after completing military service (which most Americans have not) and even then it's only when you are deemed fit - which involves a criminal background check and which can include psychiatric evaluation, consideration of drug use or alcohol use (which would also make a significant chunk of current American gun owners ineligible). And when you're deemed eligible, that license is, apart from a bolt-action rifle, a.) only good for one weapon, and b.) only valid for 9 months, after which it needs to be renewed.  They don't hoard guns the way Americans do.

Swiss-style regulation would go far toward reducing gun violence.[/quote]

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