>Why does this matter? Because mass shootings- in fact any sort of shooting- is very rare in Switzerland. This precedent suggests it's not legality/availability of weapons that makes the difference- or else Switzerland would be like the Wild West.
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>Meanwhile Chicago, with its strict gun control laws, has a very high rate of shooting crime.
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>There's something else going on in the US. What is it?
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Good question.

It might be as simple as our heritage - since the country was born most of its heroes have been gunslingers of one kind or another.
In the UK, Shakespeare and Wordsworth are probably more revered than Churchill.
Hard to imagine Walt Whitman being ranked higher than George Patton or
Wyatt Earp here.


Here's a thoughtful look at the question of guns.
I don't agree with all of it, but at least it puts fresh eyes on the topic.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/06/opinion/guns-soul-of-america.html