The Swiss Senate does not believe the current threat situation justifies allowing soldiers to take so-called 'pocket' amounts of ammunition home with them. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox The Senate rejected a motion by Swiss People's Party parliamentarian Werner Salzmann by 31 votes to 9 with 3 abstentions. For the majority, a return of pocket ammunition could wipe out progress made in recent years in preventing suicides and feminicides by firearms. The vote result contradicts a Senate committee that recommended the storage of ammunition at home. According to the author of the motion, the time has come to go back on the 2007 decision, in which the gaovernment ordered the withdrawal of pocket ammunition while promising to review the situation if circumstances change. For Salzmann, the circumstances have changed significantly in the meantime, and public awareness needs to be raised. The handing over of pocket ammunition to the military would strengthen ...
