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Originally Posted by Rainbow Six
I'm sure I read somewhere that there was some law in Switzerland that required large numbers of citizens to keep a military issue weapon in their home, the premise being that they would then form a Home Guard type of organisation in time of conflict / tension?
A quick check of wiki would suggest that's still the case for every male under the age of 30...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gun_pol...in_Switzerland
If I'm reading it correctly, that article suggests there are nearly three quarters of a million assault rifles in private possession in Switerzland (420,000 military issue and 320,000 non military issue). (I know wiki isn't always 100% accurate and there might be a problem with ammo supplies, but that's still a lot of guns...) |
Just a follow up on the topic, here's a YouTube video about a Swiss man who's done his time in the Swiss Army. Ignore the hype in the title and just take a look at what the gentleman in question has in his gunsafe (you want the sound on to hear his comments).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6nf1OgV449g