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Originally Posted by Far-L
And that article is not necessarily "the truth" either.
1. A gun is a gun is a gun and any gun in the hand of any citizen in any country is just as dangerous.
2. Swiss have an advantage because not only does the militia aspect teach them gun responsibility and safety but also respect.
3. Swiss have a much different social strata, median income, social services, etc. and none of these factors are even being considered as contributing positive or negative influences. In a dense population, regardless of being a city or a state or a country, those types of things should be weighed in as well. Ever notice that in the US at least, the gun rampaging types tend to be white upper middle class in very competitive social systems - why not look into those contributing environmental conditions that lead up to the situation? Because that is much tougher than saying "guns are bad, mmmkay".
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No one addresses the root cause with gun violence because it's too difficult. Politicians would never blame the car if a drunk driver ran over a bunch kids in a school cross walk. That would be no less tragic than what happened in SH yet they jumped on the gun ban wagon like it was planned.
The Feds love guns, just not in our hands.
I find it odd that politicians focus so much attention on varmint rifles yet no one has an issue with .50 Cal. sniper rifles that are capable of shooting through aircraft engines. I'd love to have one but that's one weapon that serves absolutely no purpose in society.