Green Fiasco: 92% Of Swiss Voters Reject Carbon Tax In Referendum

WUWT ^ | 3/9/2015 | Anthony Watts

[thackney]

In 2011, there was a Swiss vote to use public common storage of the mandated guns in the “civil defense”. It was voted down since most disagreed with it.

[thackney]

Sorry, I should have included links for the above claim.

http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-21379912

http://www.npr.org/2013/03/19/174758723/facing-switzerland-gun-culture

Hard to believe guns are usually stored in a common storage area when most of the voters rejected such a requirement.

[steve86]

Thanks for the links. I believe the article I read a few years ago must have pre-dated the national referendum, since I don’t recall any mention of it, And it seemed to have a more hamlet-by-hamlet tone to it. Even so, a national referendum on the issue might well pass in a few more years, the way trends normally go nowadays. 57% opposed could slip away easily as voters age and memories fade.

[thackney]

I believe the article I read a few years ago must have pre-dated the national referendum

In searching, I found a few pro-referendum article writen before the vote, trying to drum up support. A couple seemed intentionally vague but implying "many" were already doing this with clubs and the like.