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Any one ever wonder why Switerzerland doesn't have the highest rate of mass shootings in the world? They have the 4th highest amount of guns/capita and every military conscript takes his/her weapon home to be stored there. No, not true. Used to be, but it's not any more, changed in 2007. It's true for people in the military, but that is a small fraction of the population at any given time. And if you want your weapon upon leaving you have to buy it. Everyone is required for military service, so there is an automatic gun safety and use course, and if you have a private weapon it must be registered with the government.
More to the point, the US has twice as many guns per capita in private ownership, but Switzerland is not far behind in deaths from guns. But unlike the US, where we lead in homicides (Mexico is 1st! Yay!), Switzerland leads most of Europe in domestic homicides, accidental and suicide deaths by gun.
Switzerland does not have open carry or even concealed carry with only minor exceptions.
The NRA likes to point to Switzerland, but they only tell part of the story, when the whole story is more interesting and argues against a lot of what they're telling you.u
Not the best example, but an easy one I found.
https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-21379912
