What is Switzerland doing that America isn’t?

Question

They have guns yet haven’t had a mass shooting in 20 years. They have 2 million privately owned guns out of 8.3 million people.

BCA6010 · Accepted Answer

The culture of Switzerland is radically different from the US. There's a major rift between Swiss citizens and the foreigners who are there on a temporary work status, but it's not even close to being a strained relationship and there's not really anything comparable in the US, which is far more multicultural with much deeper cultural divides that aren't really even drawn on ethnic or nationalistic lines. Switzerland is also one of the most isolationist countries on the planet, and since their economy is almost entirely based on services rather than raw materials, there's almost no interest in outside interference or trafficking, plus their geographic location makes them completely irrelevant to basically everybody except France, Germany and Italy. More importantly though, the Swiss themselves have very strong family ties, with many of them growing up and living in houses built upwards of 400 years ago by their ancestors, and children growing up in broken homes being a statistical anomaly. By comparison, broken homes are a majority in many places of the US, and absent fathers are by far the biggest contributor to crime as well as violent crime in teens and young adults. Even when you look at European countries where huge percentages of children are born out of wedlock, they're still raised by both parents. The US also has significantly more gang violence in its biggest cities and along the southern border. Even though many gang shootings meet the criteria for a mass shooting by definition, they are often omitted from data in order to fudge numbers for political reasons, especially in regards to the major cities like Chicago, LA, and Washington DC.

The lazy idiot argument is to compare crime data between the US and any one specific country in Europe using raw numbers. The problem with that though is that the US is much bigger than any of them, so you'd have to draw from a comparably large population chunk, with the combination of EU nations being the typical better but not perfect go-to. When analyzing from a per Capita standpoint though, the US's gun crime data doesn't even make the top 10 of developed nations (mostly European), and suicides alone make up more than 2/3 of gun-related deaths in the US. The "developed nation" you are statistically most likely to be murdered in is actually Norway. Why? Because a country with only 5 million people (compared to the US's 330 million +) could feasibly have only one shooting for every 66 in the US just to match it, and a second shooting sends that data into the stratosphere. But when comparing the situation in countries that aren't even close in size or population, per Capita data is far more indicative than base numbers.

Anonymous · Accepted Answer

How to buy a gun in America:
pass criminal background check, buy gun.
unless you're at a gun show where the steps are: buy gun.

How to buy a gun in Switzerland:
some regulations include:
• People who've been convicted of a crime or have an alcohol or drug addiction can't own a gun.
• Anyone who "expresses a violent or dangerous attitude" can't own a gun.

It'd take to long to list the rules and regulations required, but they're quite strict and you can read them and links below which also have links describing the vetting process:
https://www.businessinsider.com/switzerland-gun-laws-rates-of-gun-deaths-2018-2
https://www.buzzworthy.com/switzerland-gun-laws/

In summary: Switzerland has gun control/regulations, America has virtually none.
(gun control doesn't mean no one can buy a gun, it means restrictions are in place.)

KelleyNice · Accepted Answer

Switzerland does not have any or many false flag operations. Before the rulers of the USA started murdering people in false flag operation, to get people to accept guy control, mass shootring were extremely rare; less than 2 per 100 years.

purplepoppy · Accepted Answer

Cuckoo clocks, chocolates and those fiddly multipurpose knives you can't open without breaking a fingernail. I reckon that's the secret

OlderAndWiser · Answer

How can that be? It's guns that kill people, right?

DaveJord · Answer

So Switzerland due to geography has never really had a need for a large standing Army. This is why they were renowned back in the day for having the best pike men. Because pike men were relatively easy to train, and you could pack all those mountain passes with pike men and hold of a much larger force like they did in the movie with the 300 Spartans. But for the most part these pike men were not professional soldiers, they were militia men, that drilled regularly and then would have a festival and beer, and make it a community event.

Same is true today, men from the age 18 to 30 have a mandatory service obligation in the Army. But basically they are is a civilian reserve force and they are allowed to take their weapons homes, so if called upon they can report directly to their duty station ready to defend their preassigned position. So basically every male in Switzerland has military training and some sense of discipline.

Secondly, Switzerland has very strict immigration laws, that are near impossible to get around... so unless you can speak Swiss and have establish employment there is no way for you get in to the country or gain citizenship. They never take in refugees, or at least they seldom do and if they do it in very small percentages. So they are a very conservative society with almost universal shared values, and things like racism and social injustice does not exist anywhere near the scale that we see in other countries. Like 95% of the country is made of of White Christians, with very traditional values.

Ethnic groups:
Swiss 69.5%, German 4.2%, Italian 3.2%, Portuguese 2.6%, French 2%, Kosovar 1.1%, other 17.3%, unspecified

Roman Catholic 35.9%, Protestant 23.8%, other Christian 5.9%, Muslim 5.4%, Jewish 0.3%, other 1.4%, none 26%, unspecified 1.4%

www.theodora.com/wfbcurrent/switzerland/switzerland_people.html

ohshee · Answer

It's because they are human they have tight not family's and values

When people get married and they have children they understand that they must teach their children to become better humans than they are can we put time and energy and love into them

In America there so many people who only thinks about me me me when they have children you're supposed to be seen and not heard if your parents having a bad day parent takes it out on the kids if they argue the argue for the kids here it's so many different ways America human beings are so fucking ignorant and spoiled actually I should just say they're Pricks their assholes they AR bitches and it's all about them there's so many kids that are verbally and emotionally abused in America and I don't think that they are are at least as much are deep in other countries parents who have no values no structure the kids kind of almost in their way is the way that they are being treated and it has to be a lonely world for a kid so they go to video games do you know all it takes is enough propaganda enough your fear tactics every single day you become brainwashed 14 days that's from the CIA so just think about these poor kids what kind of bulshit they have to go through with their parents they're angry they're pissed off you don't know how to deal with it so they watch these games that they play on the internet and they start acting it out watch and see one of these days when they start making the parents liable for these killings and the parents have to pay the price that's when they will be change

BeMuse · Answer

Take a wild guess... It's home to Davos (home of the World Economic Forum who is pushing the Great Reset), Geneva (home of WHO that pushed deadly experimental vaccines, masks, and lock downs), and the Frankfurt School fled to Switzerland after they sabotaged the Weimar Republic with Communism/Nazism right before WWII started and then traveled to the USA to set up shop next in the USA in New York (home ot the United Nations) and then additionally in California (home to American communism). You noticing a pattern of Globalism yet... Do you really think Bond villains would shoot up their home base? No remember it's neutral territory. Everyone else just needs to fight so they can play both sides and leverage their suffering to take total power... Mean while they are playing their game again trying to spread communism all around the world and Nazism (Ukraine) to start another world war. Communists always try to disarm a country before they genocide them. How do you get a free people to give up their guns that they use to protect their freedom? Orchestrate school shootings over and over again attacking people's children to physiologically manipulate them into giving up their freedom all on their own. They are sick fucks...

WindAtMyBack · Answer

Mass shootings make the news. The overall decrease in murder doesn't.

So what is worse? Ten people killed all at once or twenty people killed separately? The news would have you believe that ten killed all at once is worse than twenty being killed.

People like to selectively throw statistics around. Most have never truly looked at the statistics. They oversimplify it. They want easy answers. Never mind that Canada has a similar or higher gun ownership rate to the US, but significantly lower murder rate. It's easy to blame the guns when the statistics say otherwise. Never mind that some countries like Finland have WAY high gun ownership rates than the US but have lower murder rates.

Never mind that, contrary to what the media would have you believe, the murder rate in the US is almost exactly in the middle compared to the rest of the world.

Never mind that the murder rate as decreased very significantly at the same time that gun ownership rate increase.

If you really truly look at the numbers, it's totally obvious that gun ownership rates are NOT the problem. The only people who think the numbers indicate that guns are the problem are not really looking.

The numbers clearly show that guns are not the problem. As long as everyone keeps focusing on guns, they are not focusing on what they should be focusing on.

LaFerrari · Answer

2 million guns? That’s it? Well Let’s look at Switzerland’s poverty shall we? Rated about 9%….. of around 8.6 Million people that would be 774,000 people. They also take very good care of their own unlike America.

America has hundreds of millions of legal and illegal guns, the poverty is rated 13% what’s 13% of 340 million people? Roughly 44.2 million people.

Why does poverty matter? Well the majority of day to day shootings happen in cities with the highest poverty ratings like Birmingham, Cleveland, Chicago, Compton, Detroit, Gary and the list goes on… then you have to put in the factor of mental illnesses in America compared to Switzerland, it’s significantly and disturbingly higher than most countries.

You rarely hear about shootings happening in rich communities, especially rich on rich crimes, Switzerland has got a lot of money, and a lot of funding for mental health, also look at their prisons…. They’re resorts compared to the rest of the world.

RolandCuthbert · Answer

Well. . .

1. We are not members of the same culture. We are a multicultural nation. So racists will look at issues like this mass shooting or the one in Buffalo and dismiss it as an issue with another community.

2. We are an extremely violent society. Switzerland's signature is its commitment to peace and stability.

3. Ever since the Civil War, we have had this cold war within American society. Remember, America isn't like other nations. Our biggest conflict. . . the one where the most Americans died, was the Civil War. And we have had these issues unresolved for decades. The extremists in our midst really believe in arming themselves, spreading hate and all manner of vitriol, because they have always believed another armed conflict is coming.

KostasKouvalis · Answer

Tougher mental health screening and limitations of what kind of gun you can own, who can own a gun, and tougher gun regulations in general. Like it can't be loaded if you aren't hunting.

But also, Swiss culture is very different. In America, there is a problem of people feeling they need to shoot people to be respected. Even these Samoan gangsters complained that they had to get guns, because American gangsters don't want to fist fight, they just wanna shoot you.

In Switzerland there is no such threat, so people buy guns more for recreation, rather then protection/respect.

HighValue · Answer

America has media and politicians (mostly democrats like Maxine Waters, Kamala Harris, AOC, Illhan Omar, and others) that support and encourage hate and violence. Some teachers in schools also encourage dislike of others, often based on race and/or gender, including different discipline consequences for students based on their race, which also increases hostility.

Those are the main problems in the USA.

QuietRunner · Answer

1. The regulations of the Swiss militia system stipulate that the soldiers keep their own personal equipment, including all personally assigned weapons, at home (until 2007 this also included ammunition).

2. The Swiss militia system then leads to lots of trained people that know how to safely use firearms

3. There probably is some underlying group think about not hurting others and that you aren't the center of the universe. This is seen in lots of people in the United States that I'm important when someone really isn't.

NYCQuestions1976 · Answer

Switzerland actually keeps their mentally unstable in mental health facilities and institutions. The United States allows their mentally unstable to integrate into the general population, where they have the ability to access alcohol, narcotics, and social media, and allows them to live in parks, foreclosured residences, and public transportation hubs in large metropolitan areas.

Madcouple · Answer

Possibly on average less aggressive citizens. Americans in general listen to aggressive music and and watch more violent films, which will definitely have an impact on there actions, particularly in young impressionable minds. Just check out top ten film and music charts in both countrys. Very different. Only my opinion both amazing lands.

Jabberjaw · Answer

They have a gun culture and teach how to use guns. It's a part of the people. It's a different thing. It's also a smaller country. I do think they've done some things right we should take on tho

Кураж · Answer

"They have guns"

Do they? Switzerland isn't even in the top 15 countries by gun ownership.
USA has 4 times as many guns per capita.

Serbia is the country in Europe with the highest amount of guns per capita.
You know which country in Europe has the highest rate of firearm related deaths? Serbia.

Stop looking for excuses, the reason is always the same: guns.

summiter · Answer

Americans have developed a lot of hatred starting more so in the past 6 years. Mental health issues are also a big concern.

dolemite89 · Answer

cuz the swiss are a bunch of rich white people skiing and eating chocolate without any real problems 😂

Redstang88 · Answer

Different attitude, same as Canada. We’ve got 10-15 million guns among ~3 million legal owners and have basically no problems from it

TommyMountainFigure · Answer

Honestly? Up until about 30 years ago Switzerland had a healthy population. Now though? Not so much.. It's only a matter of time before these brain altering foods have a similar effect on them!

jasco · Answer

Culture is different, people are different, mental health is different

CandiceK · Answer

I don't know that much about Sweden, so I'm wondering... Is it OK to smash into and rob jewelry stores in your country?

sawno · Answer

Direct Democracy trough referenda, so people can actually vote on what they want and have a means to express themselves.

MCheetah · Answer

The US has 38 times the population of Switzerland and 616 times the land mass. It's not hard to figure out.

CloudMassacre · Answer

They have a better social safetynet and education system

RealMarek · Answer

They are a smaller, have much higher median standard of living, and have a different, relatively homogenous culture.

slatyb · Answer

There's a big difference between "guns" and assault rifles. I expect they don't have military-style weapons at home.

Anonymous · Answer

Probably because they are rich, privileged, and have a mostly homogeneous population ethnically and culturally.

historectomy · Answer

they are also a nation who's identity is nuetrality, so i can assume it makes the people calmer than americans who have pretty much been in wars since our founding

Agape93 · Answer

Different culture and they actually have good mental health programs.

OddBeMe · Answer

They force their populace into the military, then make them go through masses of red tape to own a firearm.

KrakenAttackin · Answer

The demographics of Switzerland are quite different from the U. S.

Pterodon · Answer

Yeah? Well we have over 300 million guns and about a trillion rounds of ammo with 330 million people

Anonymous · Answer

Imagine being the former President of the United States and dancing at a rally for gun nuts just days after little children were gunned down. That is America for ya!

jahaims · Answer

They have better solutions for mental health issues as well as less causes for poor mental health due to the nature of their culture and society.

jammcm · Answer

Registration, Training, much like we do with driver license.

Andres77 · Answer

What is the percentage of two parent homes in Switzerland?

Reaper1985 · Answer

many crimes committed in America are often done with illegally owned guns.

motownplayer2000 · Answer

They give there citizens rest. They take care of them in a way America doesn’t even consider. It’s just a better environment

HaveNoName · Answer

If you go there and spend time, you will realize, they are pretty happy people.  I also doubt if even 10% of those 2million would assault rifles.

Anonymous · Answer

Because swiss know how to learn from a mistake they made.

jimmy2 · Answer

These mass Shooting is done mostly by 18 years old white boys and I think they get their anger from bulling throughout school when they reach 18 they say enough it time they pay

MrTaboo · Answer

Dems and far to woke, Dems are soft on crime, Dems are defending police, Dems are encouraging mentally ill trans, Dems are trying to destroy nuclear families...

888theGreat · Answer

They are all white and less populated. They don't have every race living with other races like America and they don;t have the Democratic party.

Ryfyle · Answer

They are an Ethnically homogeneous society that doesn't have Federal Officers grooming the mentally Ill into being political pawns.

captain_voidwalker · Answer

Well for one they raise thier kids with fathers in the home, and 2 aren't dosed up to the eyeballs on Adderall like American children

weirdoweirdo · Answer

They have strict restrictions and regulation on gun ownership. Most of their people aren't dumb.

Anonymous · Answer

Political parties that aren't in the pockets of lobbyists.

Amur8711 · Answer

They highly regulate gun storage and ammo stage. However if you would ever need to use them you won't ever get access in time.

Anonymous · Answer

oh nice. Another person proving that guns are not the problem.

JesseJayNeak · Answer

Keep their inmates inside jail instead of letting them go

Flower7 · Answer

Switzerland is a very peaceful country in general.

Anonymous · Answer

only thing that comes to mind when I hear switzerland is Roger Federer thanks my wife that has huge crush on him

abc3643 · Answer

Switzerland doesn't have Republicans.

Anonymous · Answer

They are the size of an ant compared to the US... of course they'd do better in most things!

TwoToTooTutu2 · Answer

Simple answer. They're rich and privileged.

Anonymous · Answer

Americans have a completely different mentality.

josephinelcajon · Answer

They are much more family orientated

HopefulGuy94 · Answer

Swiss watches and yummy chocolates , oc lol

jshm2 · Answer

They are not being Americans.

Tjw78 · Answer

They take mental health seriously.

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