This national figure seems likely to grow. Sales were up by 30% in 2016 compared to the year before in four of the country’s 26 cantons, according to Swiss public television, SRF. It’s the second consecutive year that gun sales have increased sharply.
„This is an alarming development,“ said Hans-Jürg Käser, head of the Conference of Cantonal Justice and Police Directors. „People are deluded if they think they can protect themselves by buying weapons.”