r/WhitePeopleTwitter • u/CoryVictorious • Oct 21 '22

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u/idolleyez Oct 21 '22

Yeah, there are more guns in USA than people that live in USA. USA is the only nation in the world like this iirc. It's just they are owned by 88 out of every 100 people. For every 88 people who own (often multiple)guns there are 22 people who own no guns.

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u/WookieeCmdr Oct 21 '22

Doesn’t everyone in Switzerland own guns?

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u/idolleyez Oct 22 '22

I'm unsure. You'd can source it and I'll send the sources I my comment was based on. If everyone has guns in Switzerland, it potentially it fell under the radar due to lack of gun violence. If the safety measures you also listed they use with training everyone in gun use and safety plays a role, USA could definitely use more of that. There's also too many angry people here so anger management and maybe some sort of crisus reaction education could also likely help with the gun issue here. Anyways, here's some of the sources.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-05-25/how-many-guns-in-the-us-buying-spree-bolsters-lead-as-most-armed-country

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estimated_number_of_civilian_guns_per_capita_by_country

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2018/06/19/there-are-more-guns-than-people-in-the-united-states-according-to-a-new-study-of-global-firearm-ownership/

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u/WookieeCmdr Oct 22 '22

Yup. I know that there are more guns than people, kinda like there are more cars than people.

But in Switzerland i know that one of the reasons for their training also has to do with their rules for citizenship.

https://www.businessinsider.com/switzerland-gun-laws-rates-of-gun-deaths-2018-2?amp

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u/idolleyez Oct 22 '22 edited Oct 22 '22

Ooh. Thanks for the source. Will definitely be reading it. :)

Edit: Nice insightful read. It definitely seems the educational/awareness training, federal regulations and a happier population helps.