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IGrok | 02-23-2009 01:12 PM
Swiss voting on tighter gun controls? :thumpdown Swiss to vote on tighter gun controls GENEVA (AP) - Campaigners said Monday they have collected enough signatures to force a referendum in Switzerland on whether to confine army weapons to military compounds. Service in the country's militia army is compulsory for men, and conscripts have to take their guns home between call-ups. "Almost every day a person commits suicide with a firearm in Switzerland," said Josef Lang, a parliament member for the Green Party who is campaigning for the proposal alongside the Social Democrats, rights groups and others. The referendum, a date for which has yet to be set, would also ask voters to decide whether to set up a countrywide firearms register and forbid citizens from buying particularly dangerous guns, such as pump-action rifles or automatic weapons, for personal use. It goes far beyond a 2007 law that requires military ammunition to be stored on base - a move that was seen by many as the first step to dismantling the guns-at-home tradition. Anita Fetz, a lawmaker for the Social Democrat Party, said a register would lead to more security and was worth the cost, which opponents claim would be immense. "Every single car and every cow in Switzerland are registered. Of course that costs something," she said.

ohioarmedneutrality | 02-23-2009 01:28 PM
Re: Swiss voting on tighter gun controls? So much for Switzerland, soon to be absorbed into "Greater Europa." I think a more accurate headline would be "Swiss prepare to commit national suicide."

End of Hope | 02-23-2009 08:19 PM
Re: Swiss voting on tighter gun controls? Good bye how many centuries of Swiss independence?

Twisted Avatar | 02-23-2009 08:54 PM
Re: Swiss voting on tighter gun controls? Guard with jealous attention the public liberty. Suspect everyone who approaches that jewel. Unfortunately, nothing will preserve it but downright force. Whenever you give up that force, you are ruined...The great object is that every man be armed. Everyone who is able might have a gun. Patrick Henry T

Glass | 02-23-2009 09:08 PM
Re: Swiss voting on tighter gun controls? Quote:
Originally Posted by IGrok (Post 1588504) :thumpdown Anita Fetz, a lawmaker for the Social Democrat Party, said a register would lead to more security and was worth the cost, which opponents claim would be immense.
How can it lead to more security? Of what for crying out loud? Quote:
"Every single car and every cow in Switzerland are registered. Of course that costs something," she said.
As is every person as well. Of course these people know exactly what they are doing.

FireMattMillen | 02-23-2009 09:11 PM
Re: Swiss voting on tighter gun controls? I would expect that the "Green Party" and the "Social(ist) Democrat Party" would be the two pushing this law.

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