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Originally Posted by dksuddeth
Switzerland has very little 'weapon' control, in fact, I believe its a mandate to carry or at least own a weapon, and they have an extremely low crime rate. Whats insane about that?
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While I'm not overly familiar with Switzerland's weapon laws, I'd hazard a guess and say that private citizens owning tanks would probably be right out.
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Because SOME defense is better than NO defense. YOU alone are responsible for your safety, not the law/police. If YOU fail to properly train yourself with the weapon you are going to use to defend yourself, I say it's darwins law taking effect.
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The theory of evolution does not cover peope accidentally shot by an idiot that doesn't know how to use his gun.
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would that be because of political ramifications?
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It would be because W and his warmongers don't know how to run a war, but won't let the people who do know how actually do it.
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so you say, but you obviously don't have a problem if the government would suddenly decide to completely subjugate us, just so long as people don't have guns, right?
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Not sure where you got that idea. Of course I have a problem with it. But I'm also grounded in reality enough to know that if I'm going up against a tank with a deer rifle, I'm gonna lose.
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the military commanders weren't allowed to do what they needed because of the politicians. political ramifications were in effect.
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I think you may be foggy on the definition of ramifications. And actually if you'll read your vietnam war history you'll see that there were plenty of military commanders doing stupid things over there.
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I still say that there are two main reasons why it's incredibly difficult for citizens to arm themselves.....whiney alarmists who think that the average citizen should not be allowed to defend themselves and a government who is afraid of an armed populace.
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What if the populace is afraid of an armed populace? And exactly what percentage of gun owners out there went out and bought their gun so they could be in this "well regulated militia" of yours that never trains or even has meetings?