Self Sabotage: The Swiss History of Rigging Vital Infrastructure to Explode

Re:Self Sabotage: The Swiss History of Rigging Vital Infrast... by kuerbel on Wednesday November 06, 2019 @03:56AM (#21460784)

They certainly did until it was forbidden to take ammunition home. In 2000 suicide by guns was 27% and in 2016 it was 20% of all suicides in Switzerland. Compared to other countries with more restrictive policies that is a lot more...

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Re:Self Sabotage: The Swiss History of Rigging Vital Infrast... by brohee on Wednesday November 06, 2019 @04:25AM (#21460926)

That says nothing about the use of the service rifle. Firearm ownership is much higher in Switzerland than the rest of Europe.

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Re:Self Sabotage: The Swiss History of Rigging Vital Infrast... by squiggleblaz on Wednesday November 06, 2019 @06:20AM (#21461476)

Surely there's a relationship between giving all your citizens a gun and higher firearm ownership. If the policy is deadly, does it matter whether the death happens with a service rifle or a weapon they bought because of their happy memories?

I mean, it's not exactly as if the Swiss militia let them operate an independent foreign policy last time they felt threatened with invasion.

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