School Walkouts

[Old Croc]

I intended not to return to this thread because I had my say and any further discussion would be useless, but a friend sent me an e-mail saying I made a mistake in my post of March 19th. I had written, “There are more weapons per capita in Switzerland than any other western nation, and yet the Swiss have one of the lowest crime rates in the west.”

I discovered that I had not articulated well in one spot, which made the sentence inaccurate. The correct sentence is, “There are more automatic rifles per capita in Switzerland than any other western nation, and yet the Swiss have one of the lowest crime rates in the west.” “Automatic rifles” means semi-automatic that can be switched to automatic mode like the M-16 or AK-47.

The Swiss are conscripted into military service and many are issued military rifles such as the Sturmgewehr 90 that are maintained personally. These weapons are not purchased individually, but distributed in quantities that make access to such weapons by individuals the highest per capita in the West. My other point was that the Swiss are not taking those weapons from their home locks and shooting up public squares.

Here is an interesting link from 2016 about this:
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-swiss...SKCN1161KT

Again, I stand by all of my statements.