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Why Switzerland Has The Lowest Crime Rate In The World
Youtube ^ | 11/25/2009 | Youtube

Posted on 11/30/2009 11:43:57 AM PST by mikelets456

Maybe we could learn something from this? Did thinking like this make your enemies think twice?


TOPICS: Military/Veterans; Outdoors; Travel
KEYWORDS: banglist; guns; lowcrime; right; switzerland
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1 posted on 11/30/2009 11:43:59 AM PST by mikelets456
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To: mikelets456
Nice gun range. And ammo provided by the government!

I want one of those K-31's. (and the other stuff too)

2 posted on 11/30/2009 11:49:26 AM PST by smokingfrog (I'm from TEXAS -- what country are YOU from?)
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To: mikelets456

A few sentence summary would be nice for those at work unable to play YOUTUBES.


3 posted on 11/30/2009 11:49:48 AM PST by Quix (POL Ldrs quotes fm1900 TRAITORS http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/religion/2130557/posts?page=81#81)
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To: Quix
A few sentence summary would be nice for those at work unable to play YOUTUBES.

I can sum up without even watching the video. GUNS and MORE GUNS.

4 posted on 11/30/2009 11:52:38 AM PST by Disambiguator
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To: Quix

The key to freedom is to be able to have the ability to defend yourself &, if you dont have the tools to do that, then youre going to be at the mercy of whomever wants to put you away.

Guns are deeply rooted within Swiss culture - but the gun crime rate is so low that statistics are not even kept.

The country has a population of six million, but there are estimated to be at least two million publicly-owned firearms, including about 600,000 automatic rifles and 500,000 pistols.


Now get back to work!


5 posted on 11/30/2009 11:56:38 AM PST by smokingfrog (I'm from TEXAS -- what country are YOU from?)
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To: mikelets456
We get quite a few foreign tourists where we live in Alaska. The Swiss & Japanese are about as laid back, nonconfrontational as you find. I've had Swiss stay over at the house, they luv shootin guns, riding snowmachine, ect. They all have their military gun, but keep them stashed away, never shoot them off at home. They'll never argue with you about anything, even global warming. I understand with the Swiss, but can't figure the Japanese. They were such killers in WWII, today all they'll say is Japanese like peace.

They don't have the social problems that exist in our country. Course there hasn't been a murder in my town in 30 years, not the same in OBama Land.

6 posted on 11/30/2009 11:58:22 AM PST by Eska
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To: smokingfrog

..so if I’ve run the #’s right, we’re way behind in pow-pow power?


7 posted on 11/30/2009 11:58:54 AM PST by norraad ("What light!">Blues Brothers)
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To: smokingfrog

Buy a K-31. You won’t regret it. They are worth far more than their price on the current US gun market. I bought one for $225 at the Tucson gun show last winter. I took it out to the range and fired three shots at 100 yards from a sandbag on a bench. The group was like a small three leaf clover right on the edge of the ring dividing the center target X from the 10 ring. Iron sights and my crappy middle aged eyes only. The old beechwood stock looks like hell but the damn thing shoots like a match rifle.


8 posted on 11/30/2009 12:00:36 PM PST by hawkboy
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To: smokingfrog

And yet the US has a higher rate of gun ownership per household by a good margin.


9 posted on 11/30/2009 12:01:57 PM PST by Bubba Ho-Tep ("More weight!"--Giles Corey)
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"I understand with the Swiss, but can't figure the Japanese. They were such killers in WWII..."

Being nuked into submission has a way of making people rethink their attitudes.

10 posted on 11/30/2009 12:02:24 PM PST by Joe 6-pack (Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
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To: smokingfrog

I assumed that was the reason but wanted a summary of the article.

Thx.


11 posted on 11/30/2009 12:05:40 PM PST by Quix (POL Ldrs quotes fm1900 TRAITORS http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/religion/2130557/posts?page=81#81)
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To: hawkboy

I bought a K-31 about six months ago. First time I shot at the range I had the strange sensation that I had a scope mounted on the rifle... had about same group as you.

Did your rifle have the previous owner’s name under the butt plate?


12 posted on 11/30/2009 12:07:45 PM PST by Sigurdrifta
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I doubt the rate of gun ownership in Switzerland has much—if anything—to do with a low crime rate.

A much more important factor is having an homogeneous society in which people are more inclined to see their fellow citizens as almost being part of their own extended family, and not as oppressors who deserve to be robbed, raped, or killed.

Meanwhile, the video itself seems more concerned with making the case the guns are necessary for citizens to protect themselves from tyranny and their country from any attackers.

13 posted on 11/30/2009 12:11:21 PM PST by Age of Reason
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To: Joe 6-pack
"Being nuked into submission has a way of making people rethink their attitudes."

Attitude adjustment just doesn't get any more intense!
14 posted on 11/30/2009 12:11:55 PM PST by Darteaus94025
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To: norraad

I don’t think so.

I’m guessing that the Swiss are a lot more serious about securing the borders than the US Govt. though.


15 posted on 11/30/2009 12:15:27 PM PST by smokingfrog (I'm from TEXAS -- what country are YOU from?)
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To: mikelets456

interesting gun range shooting thru sound absorbing tubes. never seen that in USA. looks like a good idea.


16 posted on 11/30/2009 12:18:31 PM PST by beebuster2000
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interesting gun range shooting thru sound absorbing tubes. never seen that in USA. looks like a good idea.

I wouldn't like shooting through them at all--although it might afford some protection from any idiot nearby accidentally shooting sideways.

Anyway, I note they are still wearing ear protectors in the video.

17 posted on 11/30/2009 12:22:52 PM PST by Age of Reason
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To: mikelets456
The Swiss have compulsory military service, as we had here in Union long ago. I've been thinking lately that having a standing, professional army is a sort of self-defense welfare state, and impacts on the PEOPLE's ability and willingness to arm and defend themselves the same way subsistance welfare programs impact the formation of the family.

In other words, the more the gubmint takes care of something for you, the less you take care of it yourself. Ergo we have many Americans who believe guns are for the professional army and the professional police.

In our country, which is a consolidated national government, I worry about compulsory military service. If we were a confederacy, as Switzerland is and as we once were, I would think it a good and proper idea, and would think that it would benefit the PEOPLE as a whole. With our all-powerful national government, I am not so sure.

18 posted on 11/30/2009 12:26:21 PM PST by Huck (The Constitution--a big government boondoggle.)
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To: Bubba Ho-Tep

Since we don’t have mandatory military service, I doubt that.


19 posted on 11/30/2009 12:54:25 PM PST by Clock King (There's no way to fix D.C.)
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To: Age of Reason
I doubt the rate of gun ownership in Switzerland has much—if anything—to do with a low crime rate.

Maybe not. But it is fun to go into a restaurant and see people put their guns in the gun rack as they come in. Or lean them against the wall by their table if the gun rack is full.

20 posted on 11/30/2009 1:18:29 PM PST by D Rider
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