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Re:Gun homicides down dramatically, Americans unaware by bpodgursky on Wednesday June 04, 2014 @11:53PM (#7850131)
To put it delicately, you'll find that Israelis and Swiss living in the US are not the ones committing the gun violence.
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Re:Gun homicides down dramatically, Americans unaware by EGreg on Thursday June 05, 2014 @12:20AM (#7850202)
It may have something to do withthe mandatory military service BEFORE getting the gun.
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Re:Gun homicides down dramatically, Americans unaware by mitchty on Thursday June 05, 2014 @12:27AM (#7850227)
That and most gun issues in the us mostly fall into gang activity or suicide.

It isn't so simple to compare country XYZ to the USA, especially a homogenous society like Switzerland with different military requirements compared to the US with a vastly less analogous population and training.

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Re:Gun homicides down dramatically, Americans unaware by sportanova on Friday June 06, 2014 @03:19AM (#7856581)
Very true - I need to find some stats that compare gun violence in countries with gang / suicides excluded or broken out
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Re:Gun homicides down dramatically, Americans unaware by Crito on Thursday June 05, 2014 @05:13AM (#7850988)
I have the sneaking suspicion that his comment is not restricted to current or former Israeli and Swiss citizens...
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