Reply #36: That must be why Switzerland has one of the lowest homicide rates in Europe [View All]

[Euromutt]

Lower than those (in ascending order) of Denmark, Italy, Ireland, Spain, Sweden, Portugal, the UK, Belgium and France. And ten years ago, Switzerland's homicide rate was also lower than those of Germany, the Netherlands and Austria. All countries with tighter guns laws and lower rates of private firearms ownership than Switzerland, particularly Ireland and the UK.

Honestly, hasn't the hypothesis of "more privately owned guns => more homicides" (let alone "more privately owned firearm => more violent crime") been more than adequately discredited by means of empirical evidence?