• wieson@feddit.org
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    22 days ago

    ??
    With H&K and SigSauer, Germany and Austria have a sizable gun industry, without the massive shooting problems. Because of the same language, these two companies could easily advertise and lobby in Switzerland.

    Swiss pop density is 226 inh/km^2, whereas USs is 41 inh/km^2 and even denser areas like New York state are merely 159 inh/km^2.

    I think it’s all policy and very little other factors.

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      22 days ago

      Heckler and Koch, and SigSauer have their biggest manufacturing subsidiary in the United States.

      Try again.

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        22 days ago

        Why is that the case? Because the laws create a favourable market, is it not?

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          21 days ago

          Laws that allow consumer market saturation. There are more guns than people in the US due to its arms industry.