So now one knows how to provoke the Swiss.
hmmm, without you I wouldn’t even know about this.
Some people don’t know it’s possible to simply quit a job and step down from political positions without alerting the world of being a complete bimbo.
Wonder if she’ll have a waiting period for unemployment money due to self-inflicted loss of job. 
However, not the first time I thought she was a bit of a nutter. Won’t miss her in politics.
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Whatever her reasons…I don’t like her having a firearm. She proved mental instability and I think her licence should be revoked and her pistol confiscated for an undetermined period.
For those wondering:
Honestly, if someone wants to shoot a photo of Jesus and Mary, I don’t see why this should be a big deal.
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I think it was a sports pistol and as such it’s not so much a danger to society as it’s a rather clumsy way to create controversy. And i don’t think she’s insane. Rather, she’s obviously not very bright. The greens getting rid of her is most probably not because of her mental state, rather due to her being a liability.
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First of all I thought, well it’s criminal damage. Shooting a painting is obviously going to land you in hot water, whatever the subject.
Then I read the rest of the article. The CATALOGUE?? She shot the catalogue? I wonder if it would have stirred up the controversy the same if she’d drawn a cock and balls on it rather than shooting it… 
That goes without saying, but that gesture doesn’t look like something a normal person would do. I think she has a few screws loose…
When I was a kids, I used to shoot at the yellow pages (telephone directory). Obviously, equivalent for richer folks is shooting at an art catalogue.
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I thought it’s stabbings not shootings over there… 
Well, in all fairness, I don’t think these two are analogous. Despite her rather clumsy apology in which she claims she wasnt aware of the religious symbolism, she obviously was and wanted to create cheap controversy. If she indeed wasn’t aware of the religious symbolism, then she’s not very smart especially for a politician in a leadership position. In either case, the Greens getting rid of her is the right move
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She was born in Bosnia ffs…she knows. 
It’s almost amusing, she only succeeded to create a circus not the controversy you think she was up for.
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Her stupidity is only topped by the Youth SVP’s ridiculousness.
She was employed as communications expert in her daily life. LOL.
I think her choice to move on to instagram was a good one, she fits in there. And I’ll never see her again 
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I’d love to agree that worrying about someone shooting a photo is a bit ridicule and that the SVP is hyperventilating. But, I can’t.
It’s worth to look at article 261 of Swiss Criminal Code:
People pointing at the Criminal Code may not be right, but also not wrong. Just read this sentence:
Any person who publicly and maliciously insults or mocks the religious convictions of others,
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Publicly: some years ago this could be understood as vandalizing a church/mosque/synagogue, or attacking people or symbols during a procession. Online media changes everything. I’m not a jurist, but as layperson uploading video to social media could be regarded as publicly.
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maliciously : this is the complicate one. How to establish if it was a malicious act or just a brain fart as the politician claims? It would be interesting to see past convictions to see how “malicious intent” was portrait by prosecutors and how judges determined it.
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insults or mocks the religious conviction of others: this is the crux of the issue (pun intended). The levity of the whole situation (instagram, shooting for “relaxation”) makes the event looks like mocking.
I already see 2 out 3 conditions for something in the Criminal Code. I understand why more sensitive and emotional people is overreacting. The very existence of Art 261 is because sensitive and emotional people in the past took justice into their own hands. The most reasonable outcome is that the very sensitive and emotional people files a complaint and let the justice system judge. So, no mobs with pitchforks on the streets.
It all may seem like a waste of time and resources, but the peaceful coexistence of diverse people requires a reminder of boundaries every once in a while. If nothing is done, malicious people can use this as fuel for further provocations and divisions in our peaceful Swiss village of 9 million people.
Aka the Youth SVP trying to launch a culture war on Twitter and nobody else giving a fuck.
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Public yes.
Maliciously: no.
mocks religion of others: no.
descrates object of religious veneration: no (unless you consider an art catalogue to be an object of religious veneration)
The outcry would be different if she shot at the Koran… She probably thought Christianity is an easier target.
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I think it’s fair to say that a lot of people do “give the f-word”, otherwise we wouldn’t have found out about this bizarre incident.
But people being whatever - disturbed, upset, annoyed - doesn’t mean they’ll do something, other than maybe filing a complaint or report.
This is a slightly nutter idiot who wanted her moment of fame. She’s got it.