Swiss gun culture confronts EU laws
A Sig Sauer handgun with a Swiss flag is displayed next to other gun during the 45th edition of the Arms Trade Fair, in Lucerne, last month. Switzerland, where gun culture has deep roots, has managed to avoid the charged national debates surrounding firearm ownership that have consumed other countries. – AFP pic, April 3, 2019.
SWITZERLAND, where gun culture has deep roots, has managed to avoid the charged national debates over firearm ownership that have consumed other countries. But in a state where compulsory military service means many are comfortable around weapons, voters might, in a May referendum, push back against gun reforms demanded by the European Union.
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