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Swiss Gov't Plans More Gun Control
30 September 2001
Associated Press
GENEVA — Three days after a gunman stormed a regional government meeting and killed 14 people, Switzerland's Justice Minister said Sunday that the country's gun control rules needed tightening.
"There are deficiencies in the 1999 gun control law. We are preparing changes," said Ruth Metzler in an interview with the Zurich-based SonntagsBlick weekly.
Metzler said Swiss authorities planned more controls on the buying and selling of guns by private individuals, but did... (GunPolicy.org)