Sunday, February 13, 2011

Swiss vote to keep army guns at home

 Switzerland, which has the highest rate of suicide by firearms in Europe, voted Sunday to hold fast to its long-standing tradition of letting citizens keep army-issue weapons at home.A referendum, launched by a coalition of non-governmental groups, religious authorities and centre-left parties, sought to get the weapons stored in armouries instead.The initiative also wanted to abolish the practice of allowing those on military service to keep their government-issue assault rifles even after they leave the army.Just two hours after polls closed, 22 out...

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