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I understand your point, Tom, but I would like to see some other data from Switzerland like their educational levels, rate of illegitimate births, immigration levels etc. Perhaps their society is better educated and more stable than ours? If you watch Springer, Peoples Court, MTV or other reality shows you have to seriously question whether you want assholes like that running around armed in the name of home security. Those people can barely get out of bed without harming themselves. To each his own.
Or perhaps since every male born in Switzerland serves a two year military stint, they have been taught to get their ass out of bed and be responsible for themselves before being handed a weapon to protect their country....I like the idea of the civilian militia in times of need. I was surprised to hear them say that the once a year shootoff was the largest in the world. Great Post....
George and Ralph, You both make good points. Maybe the US has the right idea for our situation in that most states require education and background checks to have the privilege rather than the right or duty to carry because of the illegal immigration issues combined with the criminal element. Food for thought.