<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt"><div><span><font size="2">Here's a published article on the Swiss (and Israeli) gun situation. Their laws are tighter, and rates of gun possession much less than the US.</font></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span><font size="2"><br></font></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span><font size="2">http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22089893</font></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span><font size="2"><br></font></span></div><div class="cit" style="margin: 0px; padding:
0px; border: 0px; font-size: 0.8465em; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1.45em; font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif;"><span role="menubar" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 11px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22089893#" title="Journal of public health policy." abstractlink="yes" alsec="jour" alterm="J Public Health Policy." role="menuitem" aria-expanded="false" aria-haspopup="true" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 11px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(102, 0, 102);">J Public Health Policy.</a></span> 2012 Feb;33(1):46-58. doi: 10.1057/jphp.2011.56. Epub 2011 Nov 17.</div><h1 style="margin: 0.375em 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 1.231em; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1.125em; font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif;">Gun utopias? Firearm access and
ownership in Israel and Switzerland.</h1><div class="auths" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 0.923em; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed?term=Rosenbaum%20JE%5BAuthor%5D&cauthor=true&cauthor_uid=22089893" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 12px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(102, 0, 102);">Rosenbaum JE</a>.</div><div class="aff" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 0.8465em; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1.0915em; font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif;"><h3 class="label" style="margin: 1.2856em 0px 0.6428em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 1.0769em; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1.2857; color: rgb(114, 65, 40); position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: auto; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow:
hidden;">Source</h3><div style="margin-top: 0.5em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 11px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;">Maryland Population Research Center, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, USA.</div></div><div class="abstr" style="margin: 1.2em auto auto; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 13px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; line-height: 17px;"><h3 style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 1.0769em; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1.2857; color: rgb(152, 87, 53); display: inline;">Abstract</h3></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span><font size="2"><span style="font-size: 13px; font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; line-height: 17px;">The 2011 attempted assassination of a
US representative renewed the national gun control debate. Gun advocates claim mass-casualty events are mitigated and deterred with three policies: (a) permissive gun laws, (b) widespread gun ownership, (c) and encouragement of armed civilians who can intercept shooters. They cite Switzerland and Israel as exemplars. We evaluate these claims with analysis of International Crime Victimization Survey (ICVS) data and translation of laws and original source material. Swiss and Israeli laws limit firearm ownership and require permit renewal one to four times annually. ICVS analysis finds the United States has more firearms per capita and per household than either country. Switzerland and Israel curtail off-duty soldiers' firearm access to prevent firearm deaths. Suicide among soldiers decreased by 40 per cent after the Israeli army's 2006 reforms. Compared with the United States, Switzerland and Israel have lower gun ownership and stricter gun laws, and
their policies discourage personal gun ownership.</span> </font></span></div><div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"></div><div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> </div><div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Ron Force<br>Moscow Idaho USA<br></div> <div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> <div style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div dir="ltr"> <font size="2" face="Arial"> <hr size="1"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> Nicholas Gier <ngier006@gmail.com><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> lfalen <lfalen@turbonet.com> <br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Cc:</span></b> vision2020 <vision2020@moscow.com> <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Sunday, February 10, 2013 3:18 PM<br> <b><span
style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> [Vision2020] Gun Death Rates for Swiss, Finns, and Others<br> </font> </div> <br>
<div id="yiv1075910348">Hi Roger,<div><br></div><div>Switzerland and Finland actually (3rd and 4th in the world for gun ownership in the world) actually have relatively high gun death rates. For 2007 Denmark was at 1.45 per 100,000, Canada at 1.25, and the UK, after new restrictions, at .25 per 100,000. In contrast the Swiss and Finns have 3.84 and 3.6 respectively, but we have the highest at 10.2 per 100,000.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Nick<br><br><div class="yiv1075910348gmail_quote">On Sun, Feb 10, 2013 at 1:31 PM, lfalen <span dir="ltr"><<a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:lfalen@turbonet.com" target="_blank" href="mailto:lfalen@turbonet.com">lfalen@turbonet.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="yiv1075910348gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
<div dir="LTR"><div dir="LTR"><br><div>I have a bad cold and was unable to go to the Lincoln Day dinner. I do not know the circumstances behind Walter signing the letter. It may be that the council voted to send it and Walter as Chairman, did so. I do not know. Background checks should be a good thing. I do not know if the current laws are sufficient or not. Some of the other suggestions may warrant consideration. I would be open to at least studying them. Something that should not be done is to take guns or ammunition away from law abiding citizens.This would not prevent gun crime. All of the mass shooting except one were in gun free zones. Switzerland (where all households are required to have weapons) has the lowest gun crime rate of any of the developed nations. More attention should be payed to identifying people with mental problems. I am in favor of concealed carry permits provided there is antiquate safety training. I would also like to
have all hunters receive gun safety training before being issued a hunting license. I have been in hunting camps were people talked about how many sound shots the got. It scared the hell out me. Guns and alcohol are a bad combination. I think that Game Wardens should have the authority to issue citations to any hunter that has a high blood alcohol content. Walter as Chairman is the best thing that has happened to The Latah County Republicans. Lets not go off half-cocked.</div>
<div>Roger</div></div></div>
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