Switzerland: So Many Guns, No Mass Shootings | The Daily Show Throwback

america loves guns hell i love guns but i also hate guns another mass shooting in america another mass shooting yet another mass shooting so i was wondering what if there was a world where people could keep their guns and have no mass shootings welcome to switzerland a neutral country most known for its cobblestone streets perfect for skipping its clocks sophisticated pocket knives and guns turns out peaceful switzerland is one of the most heavily armed nations in the world and like america they love their guns yet they have almost zero gun violence how the [ __ ] is that possible luckily i ran into an expert is that a gun in your pocket or you just oh that's a gun meet miko for 20 plus years he's been a firearms instructor for law enforcement personnel military and special forces he also happens to be one hunk of a man so thor tell me about swiss gun culture we respect the guns because we have a mandatory service every man goes to the army they get a training and a rifle in case of invasion which to be fair is a real threat since the last time switzerland was invaded was in 1798 before color was invented so of course they have a militia the culture is a little bit different comparing to some other country you're familiar that i'm american right yeah you can just say these things to my face you don't have to say other countries i think the gun culture in america is is getting out of hand this is a joke there should be common sense gun laws common sense that's not our strength yeah i'm nervous that yeah well i can say that but i don't like it when you say that okay but what we do have is that good old american gun freedom you know how easy it is to get a gun in the u.s i just go to walmart give him the money gun i know my uncle paul out of his truck he's got a bunch of guns my brother todd has a gun you want to use it boom borrow for the weekend that's nice not really in switzerland you can get a gun from your um grandparents or from your father but you still have to do the paperwork even if i get a gun from my grandpa i still got to tell the cops about it yeah that's crazy because in most states in america you can buy a gun almost immediately without any background check but not in switzerland you apply the permit from the police you provide clearance of your criminal record that you don't have any convictions wait for two weeks what if it's a small crime what if you got caught urinating in public you got caught for sleeping with your cousin because you didn't know it was a cousin because it was at your family reunion and she looked like she worked at catering what if it's like assaulting a police officer but really you were just tickling them if you can't be responsible of uh following some other simple rules in society to behave why should you have a gun you don't need to raise your voice over this was there even a payoff to all these rules how many school shootings have there been no what about malls everybody people should no what about like major holidays people get shot up at major holidays here bro nothing come on with all those guns they had to have at least one mass shooting somewhere after weeks of research i discovered there was in fact one mass shooting in the swiss parliament in 2001 but they haven't had one since yes you had a mass shooting 17 years ago we have one every 17 minutes this is something that i'm having a hard time comprehending you learned from a mistake and you made an improvement in the law that's so europe and while switzerland's last mass shooting was in 2001 america has had no keep going no more more yeah there you go over 1900 mass shootings since 2012. averaging to about one a day which is why mikko felt i needed to be properly trained before i headed back to the states we have to talk about safety first can i like like with this one yeah just leave it alone don't don't touch it how are we going to shoot it if i can't touch it let me explain you the rules first so number one thing that you have to remember is that you always treat the guns as if they're loaded because probably most of the accidents that happens happens with empty guns all right so this this one here this don't touch it don't touch it i think you don't pay enough you know attention what i'm saying okay i'm listening so you just have to follow four simple rules number one you treat the guns [Music] you got a feeling that you're not paying attention what no i am let's do it let's blow some [ __ ] up mikko when you load these things you ever get a little bit of a erection do exactly what i say okay okay all right pay attention pay attention okay and slowly press back until the gun goes off jesus this scares the [ __ ] out of me i'm glad we had that safety instruction this is the dream shooting guns without the fear of getting shot this is where america should be all we need to do is keep ammo separate and have universal criminal and mental background checks have extremely strict open carry laws justification for ownership send written requests to authorities and basically just change our entire gun culture we can do that right it's not really that fun when you keep [ __ ] yourself you get used to it [Music] no this isn't a green screen this is real disgusting switzerland a neutral country full of non-combative chocolate eating yodelers and they're also full of guns in my previous report i trained with firearms expert miko mikko look i shot some holes in the swiss cheese get i put the i learned that when it comes to gun culture switzerland has a few more regulations than america and thanks to these gun regulations and strict ammunition control switzerland has a murder rate of nearly zero sure that's a great statistic but how safe can it really be to learn more about their gun culture i attended chisholm the world's largest annual shooting festival right here and holy that's a lot of guns even that baby has a gun there's not enough training in the world to prepare me for this so i brought my two secret weapons my translator pierre and my super manly rock hard american vest why are you wearing a [ __ ] vest what is what did he say here who's he best oh that's that's funny [ __ ] vest why aren't you wearing a [ __ ] vest people are walking around with guns because it's safe oh my god what is that what is that hold on stop shooting no worries they're shooting they are shooting over there not here how many accidents have happened here nine nine accidents no nine accidents no no no zero zero zero zero i thought you said nine nine okay so it's a german legend the german language i know in the united american this is dangerous but in the switzerland we have tradition we have rules and this we haven't rules rules what kind of rules let little kids participate in this glocktoberfest you love shooting oh yes so it's like yoga yes they also throw booze into the mix because it's a it's a national party oh here comes the beer everybody let's let the beer walk through we've got rifles and then beers we're coming here at the people's with the friends and la la la la the beer beer we make and it's finished well said guns and beers this was an american wet dream but something was different in this country we respect arms and if we respect it it's not the problem why should i listen to this drunk swiss role i was president for five years you're telling me i'm having beer with the former president of switzerland yes cheers nowhere else could a former president be surrounded by thousands of firearms with no security how can we get america to feel this safe that's your problem that's my problem well that's as neutral as it gets but he's right it is our problem i mean here they can shoot guns drink beer and no one gets hurt in america something like this could never happen i decided to embrace this culture and hang with the only group that would let me in wow yeah you guys got ar-15s here huh meet the shooting society of prez it was time to show these swiss fondues how americans shoot guns i missed you missed yet how do i miss it you probably never even kissed a girl you ever take your gun to school no no we don't are american you're not american no okay well i can say that but he can't swiss kids huh even if it is true because the fact is for swiss kids life with guns is very different nothing happens it's not like like in the u.s where you have those mass shootings so your son when he goes to school he just has to worry about school yeah catching the bus sometime unlike america switzerland has found a way to peacefully co-exist with firearms and one of the main reasons is that while these gun owners may be loaded it's actually illegal for their guns to be loaded when not in use we got beer we got guns we got food i feel like i'm throwing another testicle down here so america if we're gonna insist on being a nation of gun nuts we could at least try and swiss things up [Music] you

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Length: 10min 38sec (638 seconds)

Published: Sun May 29 2022