Template:Did you know nominations/Zug massacre (renomination)

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... that a Swiss man with a criminal record who was under surveillance of authorities purchased a pump-action shotgun without difficulty, then murdered 14 politicians using the same gun, nine days later?

ALT1:... that as a result of the 2001 Zug massacre in Switzerland, public building security measures were changed, but gun laws were not?

Source: Hurka, Steffen; Nebel, Kerstin (2013-03-01). "Framing and policy change after shooting rampages: a comparative analysis of discourse networks". Journal of European Public Policy. 20 (3): 390–406. doi:10.1080/13501763.2013.761508. ISSN 1350-1763. As a result, and in addition to the already low magnitude of the gun discourse, it hardly comes as a surprise that deadlock occurred and no gun policy changes were implemented in Switzerland in the wake of the Zug massacre. Yet, security measures in public buildings were bolstered in many parts of the country as a response to the shooting [...]

Improved to Good Article status by PARAKANYAA (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

Il5v (talk) 23:30, 15 January 2025 (UTC).

Comment (as person who got article to GA, not reviewer) I don't think this is a great hook? It feels a bit callous to me, which to some extent is unavoidable but Zug is a complicated enough case that I bet we can think of a better one. Also, is not actually cited like that in body, which is a violation of the DYK standards and is generally long winded and hard to follow. I will think of an alternative in an hour or so - I think the fact that there were no gun changes as a result to be the most interesting bit that is "hook-y". PARAKANYAA (talk) 23:37, 15 January 2025 (UTC)
- I added an alternative I think is better. PARAKANYAA (talk) 23:53, 15 January 2025 (UTC)