Dead. Another shooting, another angry young man. Weve seen too many tragedies like this. Pittsburgh. It has happened again. A mass shooting in america. Multiple casualties, shelter in place. Police cars everywhere. Contact shots fired shots fired guns drawn. Rifles. It was surreal. Thousand oaks. Witnesses described a scene of sheer panic. The same old questions after lives are stolen in another senseless rampage. These horrific events have in some ways come to define the United States. Every day in 2016, on average, more than 100 people were killed with a gun in america. In total that year, there were more than 14,000 gun murders and more than 23,000 gun suicides according to the u. S. Government. Compared to other rich countries, americas gun violence is on another planet. In 2013, the United States had over nine times as many gun homicides per hundred thousand people as canada did, over 50 times as many as germany, and almost 90 times as many as the united kingdom, according to gunp
Orr lalando. Three tense horrifying hours. The carnage was unimaginable. New town. 27 people lost their lives. 20 of them young children. These horrific events have come to define the United States. The most recent figures show that every day on average more than 100 people were killed with a gun in america. In total, there were more than 14,000 gun murders and nearly 24,000 gun suicides in 2017. Compared to other rich countries, americas gun violence is on another planet. The u. S. Had nine times as many gun homicides per hundred thousand people as canada did, almost 40 times as many as germany, and over 70 times as many as the united kingdom. These other countries all face the same big challenges with Mental Health. They all have the same incredibly violent video games. Shots fired, shots fired. But other nations pail in comparison to the United States when it comes to gun violence. Another shooting, another angry young man. Weve seen too many tragedies like this. So, can americans l
they re all trained to shoot, and most of them keep their guns at home. militiamen can hone their skills at their local shooting you gun appreciation societies that boast more than 100,000 members and offer classes, competition and comradery. we do competitions together, and we are young people and we are older people. pistol packing ursula lutz has been shooting for most of her life. on this day at her club, she hits the bullseye 18 out of 20 times. not bad for someone in her 70s. i was very surprised, yes. i never did it. even the youngsters here are expert marksmen. david herbert was all of 10 years old when we met him in 2013, and he started training two years before.
there are nowadays far more controls than there used to be in the past. everyone who buys a gun must pass a background check. automatic weapons are banned. gun purchases must be registered with the government. over time, swiss voters have even tightened these controls to comply with eu standards. the nra, killias says, would not be very happy. others would say it s a communist country. definitely. in the militia, soldiers can take home their weapons but not their ammunition. after a soldier has completed his service, he must now reapply for the right to keep his gun. the truth is, many gun owners attitudes in switzerland are very different from the nra. ursula lutz, the pistol packing
his gun. the truth is, many gun owners attitudes in switzerland are very different from the nra. ursula lutz, the pistol-packing s septuagenarian loves to shoot, but she s not interested in looser gun laws like in america. i don t want people walking the streets with the guns. up next, what to make of all of these lessons from all over the world. my own thoughts, coming up. everything was so fresh in the beginning. but that plug quickly faded. luckily there s new febreze plug. it cleans away odors and freshens for 1200 hours. breathe happy with new febreze plug. up here at the dewar s distillery, all our whiskies are aged, blended and aged again. it s the reason our whisky is so extraordinarily smooth. dewar s. double aged for extra smoothness.