Reading the couple of comments about Switzerland and their lack of gun crime reminded me of an article I had read about gun crime in Switzerland.
In 2001 A gunmen has gone on the rampage in a regional parliament in central Switzerland, killing at least 14 people before committing suicide. He opened fire with an assault rifle and a pistol. Eight of them remain in a critical condition
The attack took place at the regional parliament building in the town of Zug, 25 km (16 miles) south of Zurich.
In 2004 A Swiss banker has shot two colleagues before killing himself in an attack thought to be linked to a work dispute.
Two executives, aged 45 and 41, died in hospital in Zurich after being shot in the head by the financial adviser, 56
International News:
In Switzerland Army Weapons "Kill 300 People a Year" - December 2006 More than 300 people are killed every year by army guns in Switzerland, according to a study by criminologist Martin Killias. The weapons play a central role in suicides and family killings, of which Switzerland has a grim history. Together with private guns the army weapons were used in 36 per cent of domestic murders. In Switzerland army rifles, issued to all able-bodied Swiss men, can be kept at home with ammunition during their army service. The results of the study are at odds with the picture of a safe Switzerland often painted by the gun lobby, where keeping more guns at home is not linked to higher rates of gun death.
So gun crime does happen in Switzerland also, and bear in mind the population is only 7.1 million a lot fewer people than the estimated 300 million that live in the USA
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