I once read an article where Swiss citizens were interviewed about gun control (a follow-up after the Virginia Tech tragedy). I just located it again online. I found this gentleman's comments interesting:

On Friday afternoon, Marcel Brunschwiler, 34, a business consultant, ate lunch in a sunny plaza next to the building where the Zug shootings happened. He said that while Switzerland and the United States are world leaders in gun ownership, gun-related killings are in his view far more common in the United States. He blamed that partly on violent American television shows such as "24," which he watches avidly.

"Kids in America watch these shows and think, 'I just have to kill this guy and the problem's solved,' " Brunschwiler said. "We have a completely different way of thinking."

Brunschwiler said he owns a 9mm pistol, which he keeps in a drawer with his CDs.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/04/29/AR2007042900133.html