The Swiss government has a clear message for voters: Approve the new gun law reform and citizens will be protected from the misuse of risky weapons. The electorate will resolve on May 19whether to adopt changes made to European Union firearms regulations in the wake of terrorism attacks in some member states. The proposed legislation would ban tall-capacity semi-automatic weapons (with certain exceptions), improve tracking of weapons, and provide for improved information exchange between Schengen countries, or plus other measures to fight the trade in illicit firearms. (Switzerland,while not a member of the EU, is part of the Schengen agreement governing the free movement of people across a large portion of Europe). The government says that these changes close loopholes in the current law and adopting them is a matter of protecting the public. Those who oppose the gun law changes have dismissed the government’s security argument and insist that tightening the existing ...
Source: swissinfo.ch