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posted by janrinok on Thursday May 23 2019, @02:39PM   Printer-friendly
from the urban-rural-divide dept.

Swiss voters on Sunday approved a measure to tighten the Alpine nation's gun laws, bringing the country in line with many of its European partners despite the objections of local gun owners, Swiss media reported, citing official results.

Switzerland's public broadcaster said more than 63% of voters nationwide agreed to align with European Union firearms rules adopted two years ago after deadly attacks in France, Belgium, Germany and Britain.

The vote Sunday was part of Switzerland's regular referendums that give citizens a direct say in policymaking. It had stoked passions in a country with long, proud traditions of gun ownership and sport and target shooting. Switzerland, unlike many other European nations, allows veterans of its obligatory military service for men to take home their service weapons after tours of duty.

The Swiss proposal, among other things, requires regular training on the use of firearms, special waivers to own some semi-automatic weapons and serial number tracking system for key parts of some guns. Gun owners would have to register any weapons not already registered within three years, and keep a registry of their gun collections.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2019/05/19/tighter-gun-laws-appear-pass-switzerland-despite-opposition/3731629002/


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  • (Score: 3, Interesting) by ilPapa on Thursday May 23 2019, @08:03PM (4 children)

    by ilPapa (2366) on Thursday May 23 2019, @08:03PM (#846763) Journal

    The other is more general: adopting EU law, because otherwise they get mad at us.

    I thought Switzerland wasn't part of the EU. Also, do the Swiss really seem like people who care whether someone gets mad at them?

    Is it possible that people are starting to get fed up with all the guns?

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  • (Score: 2) by pe1rxq on Thursday May 23 2019, @09:57PM

    by pe1rxq (844) on Thursday May 23 2019, @09:57PM (#846814) Homepage

    It is not part of they EU, but it is surrounded by the EU. It has adopted most of the EU regulations in order to trade more easily.. In general it could be considered mostly part of the EU.

  • (Score: 0, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday May 23 2019, @10:11PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday May 23 2019, @10:11PM (#846823)

    It is very possible leftists are getting "fed up with all the guns" because that is a core part of their beliefs which happens to exactly coincide with destroying your country over a few generations. Disempower your citizenry? Let unassimilating immigrants flow in unchecked? Paint power groups that oppose it as national boogeyman and censor their complaints as Hate Speech? Check, checkedy check!

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday May 24 2019, @01:30AM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday May 24 2019, @01:30AM (#846871)

    I thought Switzerland wasn't part of the EU.

    When has that every stopped EUSSR from meddling? From Ukraine to China to US elections, they got a fucking opinion on everything.

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday May 24 2019, @03:43AM

      by Anonymous Coward on Friday May 24 2019, @03:43AM (#846932)

      When has that every stopped EUSSR US from meddling? From Ukraine to China to US elections, they got a fucking opinion on everything.

      FTFY
      E.g. Ukraine is one Russia's reaction to its exclusion from NATO and the expansion of NATO closer to Russia space [time.com] - guess who meddled to get this outcome?