Switzerland: Each household is required to possess an assault rifle. Lowest crime rates of any nation in the world.
Required to posess an assault rifle? Switzerland has a citizen army that all able bodied males of age are required to part of and ready to fight whenever needed. That is the reason for the guns at home (kept by people who have extensive training in their handling and use). Maybe you think it is semantics but it is an important distinction.
Here are some crime stats from the Dept of Justice. In 2002 the number of murders committed by handguns was 8286, other guns 2538, knives 2018, blunt objects 773, and other 2588. That means about 51% of murders was commited with handguns, food for thought.
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/homicide/weapons.htm
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/homicide/tables/weaponstab.htm
Required to posess an assault rifle? Switzerland has a citizen army that all able bodied males of age are required to part of and ready to fight whenever needed. That is the reason for the guns at home (kept by people who have extensive training in their handling and use). Maybe you think it is semantics but it is an important distinction.
Here are some crime stats from the Dept of Justice. In 2002 the number of murders committed by handguns was 8286, other guns 2538, knives 2018, blunt objects 773, and other 2588. That means about 51% of murders was commited with handguns, food for thought.
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/homicide/weapons.htm
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/homicide/tables/weaponstab.htm
