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Swiss don't need no stinkin gun control
plains scout
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Here are a couple of quotes from a very interesting article:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/1566715.stm
Guns are deeply rooted within Swiss culture - but the gun crime rate is so low that statistics are not even kept.
The country has a population of six million, but there are estimated to be at least two million publicly-owned firearms, including about 600,000 automatic rifles and 500,000 pistols
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Despite the lack of rigid gun laws, firearms are strictly connected to a sense of collective responsibility.
From an early age Swiss men and women associate weaponry with being called to defend their country.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/1566715.stm
Guns are deeply rooted within Swiss culture - but the gun crime rate is so low that statistics are not even kept.
The country has a population of six million, but there are estimated to be at least two million publicly-owned firearms, including about 600,000 automatic rifles and 500,000 pistols
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Despite the lack of rigid gun laws, firearms are strictly connected to a sense of collective responsibility.
From an early age Swiss men and women associate weaponry with being called to defend their country.
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Between the ages of 21 and 32 men serve as frontline troops. They are given an M-57 assault rifle and 24 rounds of ammunition which they are required to keep at home."
Now why didn't/don't we do something like this. bedside's the fact we would get our * handed to us every time we picked a fight, but that might stop the govment from picking fights.[B)] It would do us younger guys some good to serve the country. I never did, don't know why? pops did four yrs during Vietnam.
"Instead of a standing, full-time army, the country requires every man to undergo some form of military training for a few days or weeks a year throughout most of their lives.
Between the ages of 21 and 32 men serve as frontline troops. They are given an M-57 assault rifle and 24 rounds of ammunition which they are required to keep at home."
Now why didn't/don't we do something like this. bedside's the fact we would get our * handed to us every time we picked a fight, but that might stop the govment from picking fights.[B)] It would do us younger guys some good to serve the country. I never did, don't know why? pops did four yrs during Vietnam.
When I was in, we weren't even allowed to keep our M-16s in the barracks with us. We had to check them in and out of the armory every time we needed them. And God help you if you were found with live ammo on your person. So if the military doesn't even do it, there is no way the rest of the country would be allowed to do it.
During a road march when I was in basic I found a empty 7.62X51 case, so knowing how the Army is with policing brass I picked it up and returned it to my Drill Instructor. He blew his lid and dropped the whole platoon as a lesson that you should never pick up dangerous ordinance. The funny thing was that we were on our way to the grenade range for a little live fire practice.
It should read 240 rounds of ammo which is a battle pack, not 24 rounds.
Keep your Powder dry and your Musket well oiled.
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Some of the ultra Liberal Swiss are trying to get the gun laws changed so they are not permitted to take their military (altered so not full auto functioning) and some ammo home.
At last read, appeared to have a fair chance of happening. [:(]
Yes, that article is old. The laws have been changed since then, it is not the same anymore.
Keep your Powder dry and your Musket well oiled.
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