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Swiss fear EU effort to tighten gun control could disarm law-abiding citizens
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Posted on 09/02/2016 5:22:56 PM PDT by Red in Blue PA
Swiss gun rights proponents fear a new European Union measure to tighten gun control could disarm thousands of law-abiding citizens, Reuters reports.
The proposed gun restrictions which Switzerland, a non-EU member, would be obliged to implement under cross border agreements, has raised hackles among the Swiss, who resent intervention from Brussels, the news wire reported.
It also comes at a time of increased tensions between Switzerland and the EU over Swiss efforts to curb immigration.
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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: banglist; eu; guncontrol
Swissexit!
To: Red in Blue PA
Lol. I was thinking the same thing. Think the eu knows the meaning of "pound sand"? 🔫🏥
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posted on
09/02/2016 5:31:04 PM PDT
by
rktman
(Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?!)
To: Red in Blue PA
Britain, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Hungary, Poland, Czech Republic, and Romania would make for quite an alliance.
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posted on
09/02/2016 5:32:01 PM PDT
by
Ken H
(Best election ever!)
To: Red in Blue PA
They should tell the EU to GO POUND SAND
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posted on
09/02/2016 5:34:24 PM PDT
by
eyeamok
(destruction of government records.)
Can't put anything past those Swiss.
Actually to their credit their thinking is exactly right here. Kudos to them.
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posted on
09/02/2016 5:35:38 PM PDT
by
DoughtyOne
(He wins & we do, our nation does, the world does. It's morning in America again. You are living it!)
To: Red in Blue PA
restrictions which Switzerland, a non-EU member, would be obliged to implement under cross border agreements
How does that work???
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posted on
09/02/2016 5:35:39 PM PDT
by
sasquatch
To: Red in Blue PA
Runaway! Get out! Less government more freedom.
To: rktman
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posted on
09/02/2016 5:36:32 PM PDT
by
sasquatch
To: eyeamok
...They should tell the EU to GO POUND SAND...
George III was told to pound sand when he tried to seize the colonists’ guns at Lexington.
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posted on
09/02/2016 5:38:12 PM PDT
by
Sasparilla
(Hillary for Prison 2016)
To: Red in Blue PA
Unaccountable bureaucrats are socialists. Socialists like to disarm citizens.
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posted on
09/02/2016 6:04:31 PM PDT
by
PGalt
To: sasquatch
Uh, #sgm. Swiss guns matter? 🏥🇨🇭🔫
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posted on
09/02/2016 6:18:48 PM PDT
by
rktman
(Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?!)
To: Red in Blue PA
To: Red in Blue PA
Yes my thoughts exactly! The EU needs Switzerland a lot more than Switzerland needs the EU.
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posted on
09/02/2016 7:14:36 PM PDT
by
wjcsux
("In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act." - George Orwell)
To: Red in Blue PA
Switzerland isn’t in the EU.
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posted on
09/02/2016 7:49:27 PM PDT
by
Blood of Tyrants
(Only idiot liberals believe that disarming the sheep makes them safe from the wolves.)
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