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Swiss voters approve tighter gun control: TV
« on: May 19, 2019, 01:18:02 pm »
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World News   May 19, 2019
Swiss voters approve tighter gun control: TV

ZURICH (Reuters) - Swiss voters agreed on Sunday to adopt tighter gun controls in line with changes to European Union rules, heading off a clash with Brussels, projections for Swiss broadcaster SRF showed.

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The restrictions, which apply to non-EU member Switzerland because it is part of Europe’s Schengen open-border system, had raised hackles among shooting enthusiasts ahead of the vote under the Swiss system of direct democracy.

Failure to adopt the rules could have forced Switzerland to leave the passport-free Schengen zone and the Dublin joint system for handling asylum requests.

Read more at: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-swiss-eu-guns/swiss-voters-approve-tighter-gun-control-tv-idUSKCN1SP0AA

This is early reporting, let's see if it holds up.  A pretty one-sided vote per this early polling which looks something like exit polling and not official results.