... of death by firearms reaches as low as 2.91 people per 100,000 (Carter). Switzerland tackles the gun control issue with quite a different approach. Similarly to the United States, the Swiss require a permit to purchase a firearm, but without as many restrictions. In Switzerland, to bear arms in public requires an additional permit, but obtaining this permit, obligates the pursuer "to pass ... an examination on the correct handling of weapons as well as a test on legislation on the use of firearms" (Swiss Embassy). Consequently, such examinations and testing result in a rate of death by ...

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... of Man and Citizen, a precursor to the full constitution meant to be drafted, put emphasis on the "general will" of the people. This document showed the romantic views of French-Swiss philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau, as well as the Enlightenment's rationalism. A split slowly opened up between the moderate and radical revolutionaries. When Louis XVI is tried by the National Convention for ... ...

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