Some small eye-opening facts that seems to be frequently omitted about life here in Switzerland. Those that look at to Switzerland as some type of gun-panacea – the reality is – it’s not. The fact to what’s taking place here today is that ironically of all nations here in Europe, Switzerland is now beginning to show the very same devastating results and incidents’ of gun violence and suicides as those taking place in America, suicide being the worst.

Here’s a little known fact that I’m positive is never brought up at your local NRA meetings:
Suicide by personal firearms in Switzerland now accounts for more deaths than by car accidents, drug abuse and AIDS all put together.
www.swissinfo.ch/eng/Specials/Gun_debate/Background/Archives/High_gun_suicide_rate_linked_to_easy_access.html?cid=982416

Most nations can deal and recover from such a divesting loss of life but for Switzerland, this is a small nation with a small population compared with most of it’s European counterparts; the gun-suicide/murder mayhem is now taking a terrible toll on everything there.
For the first time in it’s history, Switzerland is having very major and frank open discussions about rethinking it’s liberal firearms policies and seriously entertaining placing a referendum to be put to the voters. Like many of it’s European neighbours, many Swiss are quickly being swayed in favor of stronger firearms control.

It’s very frightening what’s taking place here presently, there are whole villages where 10 to 15% of their population has been deeply effected or lost their lives to gun violence and suicide.

BTW-most of those photos are out of context.
If you are carrying a weapon, 99% of the time you are returning from target practice or in the military (mandatory) – the weapons are never loaded. Under no circumstances is one allowed to carry a loaded firearm in public. ALL ammo (every single bullet) is fully accounted for – ie: at target practice you buy 10-20 rounds – all rounds MUST be fired and used.
This is not the US.