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Swiss Army Rifles and Pistols 'Kill 300 People a Year,' Even in Peacetime
17 December 2006
SwissInfo
More than 300 people are killed every year by army guns, according to a study led by the Swiss criminologist Martin Killias.
These weapons play a central role in suicides and Switzerland's grim history of family killings, said the research, published on Saturday ahead of a parliamentary debate on the subject.
The study revealed that private guns and army weapons were used in 36 per cent of domestic murders.
The majority, 60 per cent, of murders outside the home on... (GunPolicy.org)