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**Ervins Dervish** · 07-04-2010, 05:57 PM

On a handful of occasions I've talked with guys who feel that the Swiss have the best method of controlling crime: mandate universal gun ownership and education so that any potential criminal is discouraged from the get-go. At least that's my take on how we Americans look at the Swiss situation. On the other hand, I've never really read about how the Swiss themselves view gun ownership and education. Is it that there are pockets of Swiss people itching to do something illegal, yet wary of their neighbors? Or is there something else in the Swiss history/culture that might also account for their low level of crime? I wonder how a substantial cross section of Swiss would explain this.

A compelling factoid about the Swiss is that they have stayed nuetral in every war in at least the last 100 years. A feat in and of itself.

They clearly are not a warlike nation-unlike their European neighbors and the US. Might have something to do with the lack of crime.

07-04-2010, 05:57 PM	#32
Ervins Dervish Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 381 Senior Member	On a handful of occasions I've talked with guys who feel that the Swiss have the best method of controlling crime: mandate universal gun ownership and education so that any potential criminal is discouraged from the get-go. At least that's my take on how we Americans look at the Swiss situation. On the other hand, I've never really read about how the Swiss themselves view gun ownership and education. Is it that there are pockets of Swiss people itching to do something illegal, yet wary of their neighbors? Or is there something else in the Swiss history/culture that might also account for their low level of crime? I wonder how a substantial cross section of Swiss would explain this. A compelling factoid about the Swiss is that they have stayed nuetral in every war in at least the last 100 years. A feat in and of itself. They clearly are not a warlike nation-unlike their European neighbors and the US. Might have something to do with the lack of crime.
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