Swiss to change their militia culture??

[BeautifulLoser]

A women's magazine has collected 17,400 signatures in a bid to rid Swiss households of hundreds of thousands of weapons................. -SNIP-


http://www.swissinfo.org/eng/front/detail/Women_s_magazine_hands_in_gun_ban_petition.html?siteSect=105&sid=7078309&cKey=1158678563000

[bryant69]

1. I wonder if that will pass

Switzerland is exhibit A in the argument that having guns don't cause gun crimes, if memory serves.

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[democracyindanger]

2. Muahahaha

My plan is working brilliantly. Once the Swiss are disarmed, Geneva is mine!

[pooja]

3. oh, shit... that sucks. Wonder who wants to invade Switzerland???

[Selatius]

4. Nobody, except maybe Bush

The advantage of a highly regulated, mandatory community militia system is that a) it does not lend itself easily to imperial ambitions unlike the more Prussian model the US operates on; b) it's a good defense against external invasion in that the local militias know the terrain in more detail than the opponent could possibly hope to know; and c) it keeps gun accident death rates down in that people are required by law to undergo gun safety/training as a part of national service to the militias. If you want to live with guns, the American model is a failure compared to the Swiss model.

[Solo_in_MD]

5. Rosie know no bounds

and its not going to happen...

[aikoaiko]

6. I wonder if arms are explictly discussed in their constitution like the US

:shrug:

I should go look that up.

[jody]

7. Each country should address its own problem. I wonder however what is the

specific problem that will be solved by taking thousands of weapons from Swiss households?