Gun Control & RKBA

flamin lib

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2. You make Switzerland sound just like the US.

Mon Sep 14, 2015, 10:31 AM

Sep 2015

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gun_politics_in_Switzerland

If gun buyers/sellers in the US jumped through all these hoops I think the US gun violence rate would be similar to that of the Swiss.

Buying, owning, transporting, selling a gun or ammunition in Switzerland is a royal pain in the ass.

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The new anti-gun-control meme: The US should be more like Switzerland. [View all] DetlefK Sep 2015 OP

Actually, private gun ownership is not rare gejohnston Sep 2015 #1

You make Switzerland sound just like the US. flamin lib Sep 2015 #2

It is a bigger pain in the ass than most of the states gejohnston Sep 2015 #4

Still peddling that Lott shit, right? flamin lib Sep 2015 #5

Are you back again? oneshooter Sep 2015 #6

Actually, I'm peddling Wright and Rossi. gejohnston Sep 2015 #14

Glad we live in America... ileus Sep 2015 #3

Glad you do too Starboard Tack Sep 2015 #7

Isn't it amazing when common sense comes into play. Starboard Tack Sep 2015 #8

As a non-resisident and not a citizen of the U.S., Snobblevitch Sep 2015 #42

Only you can answer that Starboard Tack Sep 2015 #43

A follow up to the OP flamin lib Sep 2015 #9

Well thanks... discntnt_irny_srcsm Sep 2015 #11

Didn't you swear NEVER to post on this Forum ever again? oneshooter Sep 2015 #13

I admire your ability to converse with these folks. I guess someone has to do it. randys1 Sep 2015 #26

You just have to pick and choose who to respond to. flamin lib Sep 2015 #28

I totally agree Starboard Tack Sep 2015 #44

The problem with many Democratic proponents of gun control branford Sep 2015 #49

"Gun Culture:" A patchwork of sociological & psychological terms meant to disparage... Eleanors38 Sep 2015 #10

This OP is a good point of departure for good discussion... Eleanors38 Sep 2015 #12

The argument that guns are causing all the violence in the US TeddyR Sep 2015 #15

That doesn't make sense. DetlefK Sep 2015 #16

You fixate on the metal and plastic, his post focuses on the people intent on committing crime. Nuclear Unicorn Sep 2015 #17

No, this is about his reasoning. DetlefK Sep 2015 #18

That's not how I read it. Nuclear Unicorn Sep 2015 #19

"The biggest difference between the US and Switzerland? How they think about guns:" Nuclear Unicorn Sep 2015 #20

Eh, the militias right now wouldn't accept joining a well-regulated militia. DetlefK Sep 2015 #21

well regulated in the amendment gejohnston Sep 2015 #22

Uhhhh...in the 18c. the government didn't control militias the way you suggest. Nuclear Unicorn Sep 2015 #23

any bonehead allowed in the UM jimmy the one Sep 2015 #24

re: the unorganized militia discntnt_irny_srcsm Sep 2015 #25

Unorganized militia is a JOKE jimmy the one Sep 2015 #31

"Unorganized militia is a JOKE" Nuclear Unicorn Sep 2015 #34

woman up jimmy the one Sep 2015 #35

Okay. Females who are members of the National Guard are the only ones eligible for the Nuclear Unicorn Sep 2015 #36

nuclear yammering jimmy the one Sep 2015 #37

"The sleeping masses" are not a federal statue James; the unorganized militia is. Nuclear Unicorn Sep 2015 #38

re: your thoughts above from #31 discntnt_irny_srcsm Sep 2015 #41

(unorganized) groups of one jimmy the one Sep 2015 #47

Please, render for us... discntnt_irny_srcsm Sep 2015 #48

You're arguing a red herring again, james. beevul Sep 2015 #27

2ndA both a right & a limitation jimmy the one Sep 2015 #33

Negative ghost rider. beevul Sep 2015 #39

Hey, you know very well facts and historical context don't really matter DonP Sep 2015 #40

do you see the 'and' I wonder? jimmy the one Sep 2015 #45

regurgitating a half truth jimmy the one Sep 2015 #46

Says the guy with one eye closed. beevul Sep 2015 #50

"Stop embellishing requirements to join the unorganized MOB" Nuclear Unicorn Sep 2015 #30

Unorg'd militia, obsolete JOKE jimmy the one Sep 2015 #32

Concept of being a citizen HassleCat Sep 2015 #29