I mean, it’s one of those countries in Europe where they allow one to have the right to bear arms yet there are barely the guy entering school starts hurting kids or guy enters (public place) and proceeds to hurt others type incidents happen there while in the USA: amount of times that happens becomes excessive as fuck that it’s an issue and a epidemic at that.
The stark difference is that the majority of gun owners in Switzerland are military (active or veterans) & gun fanatics (who have served). Despite being one of the most armed countries in Europe: you do not hear anything equivalent of what happened in Columbine, Orlando, Las Vegas as they’re more disciplined than (cough) American gun owners or users.
Switzerland has a social safety net and its people have a voice in politics/government. It’s all imperfect but it’s there.
In the US everything you have, including your health, is reliant on you constantly proving your worth to a society that is trying to prove the opposite. And any voice you have in society is nominal at best unless you’re a billionaire. Politically your choices are culturally determined to be one of two parties that don’t represent you and will do nothing for you because they’re captured by billionaires.
In a society that’s constantly trying to kill you it’s easy to come to the conclusion that lashing out back at said society is self-defense. What mental health professional could you afford to talk to that would tell you otherwise?