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I don't want to get into the politics
of gun ownership.

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I'm British, I'm not exactly qualified,
but I will say that Switzerland has

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a very high rate of people who own guns,
and a pretty low rate of people

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who are hurt by guns. 

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This is the Brünnlisau shooting range,
about two hours from Zürich.

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And I think it's the best possible
demonstration of the attitude

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that Switzerland has to both firearms
and firearms safety.

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You fire your rifle from there. 

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The targets are over there. 

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And in between them is a major highway.
And it's safe.

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IN SWISS GERMAN:

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Rifle shooting is
a national sport in Switzerland.

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Service in the military
is compulsory for men, albeit

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these days with the choice to take on
civilian public service work instead.

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For those who do choose military service,
a lot of them decide

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to keep their firearm when they finish,
which means that yes,

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there are a lot of people
with guns in Switzerland,

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but they pretty much all have
thorough training in how to use them.

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All right. So I lie down... 

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- Yes, yes.
- All the way down. OK.

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- OK. Your target is number seven. 

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Number seven... I thought
 this was a magnifier.

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It's not a magnifier. 

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You just have to be very accurate. 

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Without munition.
- Without. Yes.

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- You look at the target and push.

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[hammer clicks]

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- I think I'd have missed there. But...
- Yeah?

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- OK. All right. Let's try it for real.

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If you're shooting a rifle here, you're
lying down and you cannot see the road.

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Anything you fire
that's traveling fast enough 

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to go over that wall
just can't hit the road.

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That just isn't a possible trajectory
for a bullet that can damage anything

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other than the hill
and, of course, the targets.

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That goes up against my shoulder, here.
- In the position, yes.

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- And gets held with this hand here.
- Mmhm.

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- And I just have to line up...

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- Look to the target and... push.

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- Missed. Gah, I swore the recoil was
going to hit me in the eye there.

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Closer!

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High and right. Okay!

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five. I'm going the other way now. 

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- Hey!
- Hey, that's a ten!

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This is a ten, yes!

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Got there in the end. 

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Nine. It's good.
- I'll take that.

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That's, what, 56 out of 100,
and I got one in the bullseye.

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- Yes.
- I'll take that. 

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Thank you very much. 

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Danke schön.
- You're welcome.

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- Now, there is the reasonable question:
well, what if someone were to stand up?

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Then they could see and hit the road. 

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Well, again: training,
it's unlikely to happen.

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And also, breaking the safety rules

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when you're surrounded by military-trained
firearm enthusiasts is... 

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not a great plan?

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"What if you stand up"
is basically the same question as

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"what if you decide to point
the rifle at someone"? 

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You will very rapidly
not be holding a rifle anymore.

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If someone wants to cause harm with a gun,
 this is not the way they'd do it.

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Joining a rifle club, getting all
the permits and then deciding

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to throw all that away
to take a potshot at a car just once?

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I'm not sure there's anyone who's sensible
enough to do the first bits of that,

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and unhinged enough to do the last part.

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And if there is,
they've never made it here.