little_old_man Posted January 3, 2013 Member ID: 1194 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 40 Topic Count: 436 Topics Per Day: 0.08 Content Count: 6692 Content Per Day: 1.19 Reputation: 11691 Achievement Points: 53094 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 76 Joined: 02/27/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: April 16, 2023 Birthday: 04/15/1960 Posted January 3, 2013 I saw something on the news this morning about 3 people shot and killed in Switzerland and it made me do a little looking into their gun laws. I was very surprised to see that Switzerland has practically the highest per capita gun ownership in the world, and about the lowest rate of gun violence in the westernized world. I am not intending on this turning into a heated political discussion, just food for thought. The article is from 1990, and is just as true today as it was then. What works there wouldn't work here because of cultural differences, but certain aspects of their laws could be implemented here and work very well. The swiss have a very small government and no real army because their citizens are the armed forces. Every male must serve, and must keep their weapons at home with ammo, that includes fully automatic assault weapons. Even after they retire the government weapons are kept in the home. They avoided two world wars because enemies knew it would be a disaster to try and invade a country with a weapon in the hands of every citizen, and with the exception of a handful of homicides by mentally unstable people, gun violence is non-existent. It's a little long but well worth reading. http://www.guncite.com/swissgun-kopel.html ENG4INE and Hemps 2 Awards
DEEJAYKEG Posted January 3, 2013 Member ID: 1238 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 35 Topic Count: 1207 Topics Per Day: 0.22 Content Count: 6083 Content Per Day: 1.08 Reputation: 4985 Achievement Points: 50728 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 11 Joined: 03/12/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: April 11, 2024 Posted January 3, 2013 Switzerland has a high rate of death due to firearms for a European country. It is its geography that is its most formidable defence - an invading army would have to negotiate its mountains. Crime is increasing in Switzerland - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crime_in_Switzerland They keep their national defence militia weapons at home but minus ammo! See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gun_politics_in_Switzerland If it works for them, good for them. It doesn't mean their system will work for non-Swiss outside Switzerland. Awards
Boo Yaa Posted January 3, 2013 Member ID: 22349 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 2 Topic Count: 14 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 766 Content Per Day: 0.20 Reputation: 3 Achievement Points: 4612 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 01/15/15 Status: Offline Last Seen: December 5, 2015 Posted January 3, 2013 Kill 'em all let HXTR sort 'em out!
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