Gun Policy News
Swiss Force Referendum to Prevent 1.5 Million Guns Being Stored in Homes
24 February 2009
CNN
Switzerland's part-time soldiers could lose the right to store their weapons at home.
A coalition led by the country's Social Democrat party and the Greens has collected nearly 120,000 signatures to force a national referendum on whether the weapons should be stored at military bases.
The coalition of 74 groups says the weapons are involved in too many suicides and murders in the country and tighter controls are needed.
Switzerland's armed forces consist of just a... (GunPolicy.org)