On Thursday 10 July 2003 12:57 am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > 4. In Switzerland every man is obliged to have a > > military-style firearm at arm's length. The crime rate is > > almost nil. > > Only about 15% of the population are in the army. Only those > are obliged. The guns must be kept separate from ammunition > and unloaded, it's not of much use against intruders in your > home. It is an assault rifle (long gun) and therefore is not > and must not be carried around when you go out and therefore > helps against no other crimes than home intrusions, to which > we have established that it does not help either. So the crime > rate has nothing to do with these guns. > > Btw. I live in switzerland. > > b.
Thanks for the correction, Bones ! - My point is, however, that guns don't commit crimes. - Do you disagree ?? Kaj Haulrich. -- Registered Linux user # 214073 at http://counter.li.org Powered by Linux - Mandrake 9.1 - kernel 2.4.21 Brought to you from a 100 % Micro$oft-free computer.
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