Comment by shshxvsjs
4 months ago
This is largely incorrect or misleading. The US has had strict laws on automatic weapons since the 1930s. Its almost impossible to own an automatic weapon in the US unless you are very wealthy.
The Swiss... since the 2000s
The US has had strict background checks since the 60s
The Swiss.... 1997? Maybe later, the EU forced them to change their gun laws.
The questions stands: more Swiss households have guns than the US, yet gun violence does not exist.
Why?
The vast majority of firearm homicides in the US come from three sources. First, the vast majority (60-80 percent depending on jurisdiction) are suicides. After that, you have young minority men with criminal records killing other young minority men with criminal records, usually involving the drug trade and/or street gangs and using firearms which they are largely already banned from possessing. Next after that are homicides which occur as part of domestic or relationship violence.
So for all everyone crows about how likely you are to get shot in America, it's statistically no more likely to happen than the rest of the world unless you're a) suicidally depressed, b) a drug dealer or in a street gang, or c) in a violent relationship.