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Case ([personal profile] case) wrote in [community profile] fandomsecrets2012-12-18 06:35 pm

[ SECRET POST #2177 ]


⌈ Secret Post #2177 ⌋

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Re: Mass shootings and The Mentally Ill

(Anonymous) 2012-12-19 03:49 am (UTC)(link)
It's important to consider what kinds of guns make up gun ownership in Switzerland, as well as why Swiss citizens own those guns. From my very quick check-up on Swiss gun laws, gun ownership is mandated by Switzerland's "people's militia," suggesting that gun ownership is tied to conceptions of national defense and social responsibility. The Swiss government mandates and directly sponsors gun training.

How does that compare to the "gun culture" of the U.S.?

Re: Mass shootings and The Mentally Ill

(Anonymous) 2012-12-19 03:52 am (UTC)(link)
SA: I'm agreeing with you, by the way!

Re: Mass shootings and The Mentally Ill

(Anonymous) 2012-12-19 04:04 am (UTC)(link)
ayrt

That's actually the crux of my point. The culture and the social attitudes regarding guns are very different there, and so the proliferation of guns does not correspond to homicide rates in the same way that it seems to in the US.

We can't solve the problem without digging to its roots. The fact is this: we elevate violence, and we need to stop doing that before we can effect any meaningful change.