Quote Originally Posted by Zimzum


If we had mandatory military service here in this country would not you be up in arms about how we are a police state?
I certainly would be, but the US is not bordered on all sides by countries 10 times it's size, and we have a tendency to define "defense" rather broadly. Faced with a different set of facts, I might reach different conclusions.
andruejaysin Reviewed by andruejaysin on . Switzerland and the gun My kind of place :thumbsup: this country should be the lead example for the rest BBC News | EUROPE | Switzerland and the gun Guns are deeply rooted within Swiss culture - but the gun crime rate is so low that statistics are not even kept. The country has a population of six million, but there are estimated to be at least two million publicly-owned firearms, including about 600,000 automatic rifles and 500,000 pistols. This is in a very large part due to Switzerland's unique system of Rating: 5