Name: Anonymous 2007-03-28 16:47 ID:xNx3ClWS
Switzerland is one of the safest countries in the world in terms of crime. Switzerland allows its citizens an astonishing degree of personal freedom, at least in terms of the right to keep and bear arms. It even allows its citizenry to own fully automatic weaponry.
http://www.stephenhalbrook.com/articles/guns-crime-swiss.html
This Swiss tradition kept the Swiss people safe and free, even during WW2 in the face of Hitler.
http://www.stephenhalbrook.com/articles/guns-crime-swiss.html
Unfortunately, the left-wingers in Switzerland are attempting to rescind or restrict these fundamental human rights, despite the enormous benefits their citizens have gained by them.
http://www.reason.com/news/show/30756.html
"There may be various reasons why the Nazis did not invade Switzerland, but one of those reasons is that every Swiss man had a rifle at home. The Nazi invasion plans themselves state that, because of the Swiss gun ownership and shooting skills, that country would be difficult to conquer and occupy. The European countries occupied by the Nazis usually had strict gun controls before the war, and their registration lists facilitated confiscation of firearms and, in many cases, execution of their owners."
The above is an excerpt from this terrific article:
http://www.stephenhalbrook.com/articles/guns-crime-swiss.html
http://www.stephenhalbrook.com/articles/guns-crime-swiss.html
This Swiss tradition kept the Swiss people safe and free, even during WW2 in the face of Hitler.
http://www.stephenhalbrook.com/articles/guns-crime-swiss.html
Unfortunately, the left-wingers in Switzerland are attempting to rescind or restrict these fundamental human rights, despite the enormous benefits their citizens have gained by them.
http://www.reason.com/news/show/30756.html
"There may be various reasons why the Nazis did not invade Switzerland, but one of those reasons is that every Swiss man had a rifle at home. The Nazi invasion plans themselves state that, because of the Swiss gun ownership and shooting skills, that country would be difficult to conquer and occupy. The European countries occupied by the Nazis usually had strict gun controls before the war, and their registration lists facilitated confiscation of firearms and, in many cases, execution of their owners."
The above is an excerpt from this terrific article:
http://www.stephenhalbrook.com/articles/guns-crime-swiss.html