Here's an interesting article from "Der Spiegel" - written in 2007 but worth a look:

De-quilling the porcupine: Swiss mull tighter gun laws

It's often assumed that Switzerland is proof that really tight gun controls and regulations work in a population which has a high percentage of gun ownership. However, as the article makes clear, Switzerland, with all its regulations, has the second highest rate of death by gun <>per capita in the world - next to the US. So, not quite the perfect solution to gun control.

To update the article, in 2011, the Swiss voted against tighter controls.

I make no comment on the everyday living environment of the US, or on the historical and social pathways that gave rise to the current state of affairs re guns and gun control there - it's no business of mine to pontificate on that. I also enjoy target shooting and, in earlier days long ago, shot Lee Enfields, Belgian FNs, Bren guns in indoor ranges and on the Army ranges at Bisley. But I don't own any weapons greater than a .177 gas pistol, and rarely use it these days. I do believe that no guns = no deaths by guns. The problem in Britain is not death by legal guns, but death by illegal guns - and that's where the initiative should be.