alelks

I never know this was the case in Switzerland.

I like the idea of keeping your military service weapon at home, even after you retire.

WRS | Staring down the barrel of Swiss gun traditions

tag

Switzerland? Military? One wonders why. It's not like they ever use it.

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HotGuns

They have never needed to.

Everyone has an assault rifle and they know how to use it.

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itsatoolbox

Isn't that one of the signs of the apocalypse...the disarmament of the Swiss? This has got to be an EU backed initiative, I cannot fathom the Swiss people actually coming up with this on their own, at least not in large numbers.

tiwee

Very interesting. Even in Switzerland with such a strong tradition of self defense, the anti gunner movement is taken seriously enough to have a referendum. That is shocking to me.

Did you notice the excellent spoken English by both of these gentlemen. Remarkable, considering they likely speak German and French equally well and may also speak Italian.

The Swiss are to be admired. However Switzerland, is a pardner to every despot, drug kingpin, tax cheat, and criminal in the world that hides wealth in Swiss banks. Some banks reportedly are still holding wealth deposited during the WWII upheavals in Europe. Reprehensible country in my opinion.

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CJ810

Neutral is not necessarily the same as timid. If I remember correctly even the Nazis didn't mess with them. Of course it helped that they were willing to let the Nazi's store their stolen valuables in their banks, but that's a conversation for another day/board.

farmerbyron

Gee I wonder how that national vote is going to come out?

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jwhite75

Wow kin of like the Japanese that did not want to attack the US because they knew of our pension for firearms and the ability to shoot back. Good for Switzerland. I like how they think. Their current soldiers are well outfitted too...Sig 550s, and P210s. Very nice.

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aznav

Most interesting. Next to the US of A, it's my favorite country. I lived about five hours from the border for six years. Spent many a free weekend there. One weekend we were climbing above the small town of Kandersteg and were greeted, somewhat ominously, with gunfire - ALL DAY. Yup, they were zeroing their weapons as the clip alluded to. I believe there were two major alerts given during WWII where the Swiss were mobilized and went to their borders to prevent a German invasion. In front of their many mountain tunnels, both ends you will see tank traps that will spring up, preventing tanks from coming through the passes. Also explosives are placed strategically in the tunnels for the same purpose. There are multiple one runway strips all over Switzerland with two or three jets at the end of each strip. Lastly, if you look carefully, you can see giant steel doors in the mountains, covered in mesh. Not sure what is behind those doors. They take their defense very seriously.

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TerriLi

Those metal doors used to cover Mortors, anti-aircraft guns, and artillery. No clue what they hide there now, its proably scary....and fun.

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