How many massacres will it take for them to have proper gun control?

It is ridiculous, isn't it? Problem is, while the criminal element have easy access to guns, everyone else wants one to make them feel safer. If guns are removed, it is likely to be the criminal element that manages to keep hold of them. Of course, they don't seem to realise that their gun crime rate is nearly five times higher than any other first world country, and there is even huge opposition to the things like microstamping, which would only be used in the event of illegal gun use... Idiot Republicans.

Now that is not suggesting that a good culture just won't have gun/massacre problems, but is suggesting that a knee jerk reaction to the gun laws may not necessarily solve anything.

No, but a sensible approach to gun ownership would certainly be an improvement. How many massacres does it take before they're going to start saying 'Hey, you know what? Maybe we shouldn't allow guns for everyone who wants one. Maybe that's a bad idea. Maybe we need to think about the number of guns owned in the country."

Exactly how many people need to die before calling for gun control laws isn't a knee jerk reaction but a rational response?

In some 2001 statistics, it is noted that there are about 420,000 assault rifles stored at private homes, mostly SIG SG 550 types. Additionally, there are some 320,000 semi-auto rifles and military pistols exempted from military service in private possession,

Police statistics for the year 2006[14] records 34 killings or attempted killings involving firearms, compared to 69 cases involving bladed weapons and 16 cases of unarmed assault. Cases of assault resulting in bodily harm numbered 89 (firearms) and 526 (bladed weapons). As of 2007, Switzerland had a population of about 7,600,000. This would put the rate of killings or attempted killings with firearms at about one for every quarter million residents yearly. This represents a decline of aggravated assaults involving firearms since the early 1990s. The majority of gun crimes involving domestic violence are perpetrated with army ordnance weapons, while the majority of gun crime outside the domestic sphere involves illegally held firearms.