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Re:Lee Kuan Yew, Founding Father and First Premier of Singap... by refurb on Monday March 23, 2015 @12:21AM (#9249490)
They also have laws that prohibit most people from carrying loaded guns.

Not sure I understand. Switzerland has 1/2 the guns, but nowhere near 50% of the US' homicide rate. Are you saying the ability to legally carry a gun is the reason for the difference?

The states that legally allow carrying a concealed weapon without a permit (VT, AK) have some of the lowest murder rates of all states.

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Re:Lee Kuan Yew, Founding Father and First Premier of Singap... by sjwright on Monday March 23, 2015 @08:29AM (#9250492)
The reason is that Swiss society doesn't fetishize gun ownership in quite the same way. Nobody in Switzerland is going to the mall carrying a handgun for "protection" and nobody would be so stupid to ever think that was a good idea.

As for concealed carry permit states, VT and AK have murder rates remarkably consistent with geographical neighbors. You are dead wrong to claim they are somehow special.

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