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We all are familiar with the rights we have to own guns...and that needs to stay the same... Other countries are doing some of this better.....so let's respectfully discuss what the US might do to prevent some of this violence......open to all subject matter..... The Swiss are a peaceful neutral nation.....here's my first offering for this thread.... CL You can read the rest on the link here: Opps...copy and paste issues....Elon Musk keeps coming up.....must be those damn Russians again. Switzerland hasn't had a mass shooting in 18 years. In the US, there is almost one every day. The Swiss have strict rules for who can get a gun, and take firearm training very seriously. Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories. Switzerland hasn't had a mass shooting since 2001, when a man stormed the local parliament in Zug, killing 14 people and then himself. The country has about 2 million privately owned guns in a nation of 8.3 million people. In 2016, the country had 47 attempted homicides with firearms. The country's overall murder rate is near zero. The National Rifle Association often points to Switzerland to argue that more rules on gun ownership aren't necessary. In 2016, the NRA said on its blog that the European country had one of the lowest murder rates in the world while still having millions of privately owned guns and a few hunting weapons that don't even require a permit. Switzerland Swiss army honor guard soldiers troops military
