Martin Hotze wrote:
On Mon, 28 May 2007 06:23:47 -0700, Matt Barrow wrote:

Indeed, go figure. Go figure as well that Switzerland had even fewer deaths
than the UK and every home is REQURED to have guns.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

hmm, Switzerland is a neighboring country. I didn't knew that. Do you have
some sources for this claim? Please from .ch domains.
You might mean that men on reserve from the swiss military are required to
have their equipment (and gun/riffle/??) at home.

Every able bodied male in Switzerland gets basic military training
and is sent home with their personal weapon and a supply of ammunition.

The ammunition is subject to inspection, but ammunition for practice
is readily available and subsidized by the government.

Government subsidized ammunition obtained at a range is supposed to
be used at the range, but this is hardly ever enforced.

Ammunition is also readily available at retail.

At the expiration of the required term of service (age 30 or 34 depending
on rank), the individual can choose to keep their weapon.

There are numerous ranges in Switzerland and target shooting is a
common sport.

All this can be easily found with a Google search.

The fact that virtually every Swiss household has at least one firearm
per adult male yet has a extremely low crime rate is something the
anti-firearms people don't like to talk about.

--
Jim Pennino

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