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Old 11-02-2009, 11:52 AM
Ace Oliveira Ace Oliveira is offline
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Originally Posted by MT2008 View Post
Hmmm, seems we're straying into politics again. Oh, well...



Is Switzerland really "liberal as hell"? I've never been, but I have friends who have. Most of them tell me that the German-speaking Swiss, who are the majority, tend to be fairly conservative, traditional Catholic and Lutheran types. I might be wrong, but I imagine they're the rural types who would be most likely to take militia service seriously and enjoy playing with guns. The French-speaking Swiss are apparently much more liberal, though.

I'm also not sure I'd say the Swiss have the "best gun laws on the planet". It's cool that they let militiamen keep their service rifles at home, but I'm pretty sure that in most other respects, most American gun owners would rather not have Swiss-style gun control laws.
It's hard to say, but even the conservative swiss (swisses?) are nothing like the american conservatives. Shit, we're talking about a country that one of the major political parties is a socialist party.

Anyway, how is the Coast Guard? Do you get to man big guns and shoot drug dealers carrying drugs into the US?
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