Swiss voters approve tighter gun control: TV
ZURICH/GENEVA - Swiss voters agreed by a nearly two-to-one margin on Sunday to adopt tighter gun controls in line with changes to European Union rules, heading off a clash with Brussels.
The measure passed in the binding referendum under the Swiss system of direct democracy by a 64-36% margin, provisional final results showed. 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. The initial EU proposal provoked an outcry because it meant a ban on the Swiss tradition of ex-soldiers keeping their assault rifles.
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