[LibertyOh]

Rarely there are tragic crimes in every country, and while Switzerland may have it’s own peculiarities, it is not a “VERY VIOLENT country.” See http://www.nationmaster.com/country-info/compare/Switzerland/United-States/Crime for comparisons with the US - and shows it’s crime rates are a fraction of what we have in this country. In many categories, a very small fraction.

I lived in this Canton for a few months and worked there for over a year. I saw very little crime during my time living there (except my own lawbreaking - a few speeding tickets from traffic cameras - one for 1-1/2 mph over the limit).

[BobL]

Yea, I was having some fun. At least in Switzerland, they let (actually require) people own guns, so I debated my posting.

My point is that I’m sick and tired about being lectured to by Europeans (and Canadians) about how safe their countries are, compared to the US, and therefore we should follow in their footsteps and outlaw guns.

If we want to follow in their footsteps to try to be as safe as them, how about they suggest that we match their demographics instead (at least their pre-Muslim invasion demographics). Kick out the trouble making minorities here and I can PROMISE you that violent crime would be reduced an order of magnitude. No one can show us a similar results after grabbing guns.

(and no, for you left-wing monitors, I’m not proposing ethnic cleansing, I’m just stating the obvious, given crime statistics)

[Vigilanteman]

I had heard that all Swiss who are in the reserves (basically everyone of military age) are issued a gun and a can of ammunition. However, if their can is open, they have to account for each round missing. Is this true?

Seriously, though, it only takes one whack-job who snaps and goes on a crime spree of this type to make the crime rate spike for an otherwise low crime area.

[pepsionice]

I would have to agree....you are a thousand times safer in Switzerland than you would be in most US urban areas. With the exception of Zurich....I can’t think of any Swiss city where you might want to be careful about hanging out. You can go to some Alpin towns and ask when the last time when anyone got robbed within the town’s city limits....and folks start to think back twenty and thirty years ago.

[pepsionice]

I would have to agree....you are a thousand times safer in Switzerland than you would be in most US urban areas. With the exception of Zurich....I can’t think of any Swiss city where you might want to be careful about hanging out. You can go to some Alpin towns and ask when the last time when anyone got robbed within the town’s city limits....and folks start to think back twenty and thirty years ago.