No they never were qualified to pack a rifle.Protesting outside a base doesn't count. When I worked for the armed forces everyone except us civilian employees was qualified to pack a rife. And had to on a regular basis.
What part of "involuntary servitude" is confusing you, cupcake?I get your point on active duty in a war zone but how about for support staff? There are thousands of jobs that don't require one to pack a gun.
Heinlein wasn't in intelligence. He was a radio officer and later a flight-deck officer on the Lexington, and then a gunnery officer on the Roper.Robert Heinlein - the famous Sci fi writer- and former OFFICER in Yankee naval Intelligence.......................
That is a whole different and interesting topic. TB is right although there are some major differences between Switzerland and NA. Switzerland is the size of a small island with a national identity that goes back around a thousand years. WE have no national identity, relatively new , large numbers of immigrants and a vast area. SO I guess the question is would the Switzerland model work on a large scale?
YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The SWISS MODEL WOULD WORK ON A LARGE SCALE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
IF such a model was ever implemented - BUT................
its TOO BAD LIE-berals WOULD NEVER implement the Swiss model!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The first obstacle would be Swiss immigration standards!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The Swiss DO NOT ACCEPT illegals who trespass across the borders - as Our idiot Boy does!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The Swiss DO NOT hand out Swiss citizenship as if it were a McDonalds Happy Meal PRIZE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
THE VERY FEW WHO DO GET Swiss citizenship HAVE PROVED OVER SEVERAL DECADES..........................
that the candidate CAN AND WILL MAKE VALID CONTRIBUTION to Swiss society!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Those who dont contribute measurably and those who are unable to find suitable work...........................
ARE BOOTED OUT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thirdly - the Swiss DO NOT HAND OUT welfare payments to trespassers!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Swiss tax rates VARY ACCORDING to your work status!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Citizens pay a LOWER RATE than those who are allowed into the country to work!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This means that an English CITIZEN who is hired to teach English at a school in Geneva.........................
WILL PAY MUCH HIGHER TAXES THAN A SWISS CITIZEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I can state this with CERTAINTY because my English teacher at school in Ontariowe..........................
HAD IMMIGRATED HERE From Switzerland as a result of those onerous Swiss taxes on foreign workers!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Further- being steadily EMPLOYED for several decades as an English teacher in Geneva............................
WILL NOT EARN YOU either the right to Swiss Citizenship...........................................
NOR will your employment history earn you the RIGHT TO BUY ANY SWISS LAND!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Switzerland is NOT a member of the European Union and ANY interaction between the Swiss and E.U..............................
follows rules and standards SET IN GENEVA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
THUS virtually ALL of the recent LIE-beral political policy..................................
would BE VOTED DOWN IN smoothly running Switzerland!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Only a Swiss LUNATIC FRINGE would support somebody like Our idiot Boy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
We have in Canada, It's called an FAC....you even need it to buy ammunition
OOOooo. . . and extensive background check!FAC is now PAL (Purchase Acquisition License) and a 2 week federal firearm training (besides the youth firearm safety course) is needed before applying for the license, and then an extensive background check is done on you.
Better said than I could have at this time of morning.
So question: if all these other countries with lots and lots o guns have people who don't seem to go backshyte crazy with them have, as a common denominator, that their people are trained somehow with them... why aren't the gun people pushing back with everyone needing gun training/handling/maintenance before they can own a gun? I mean, it's what them other countries are doin?
(oh, I also think military service of some kind should be something everyone has to have, though whether actual military when of age or a teen version like a cadet core, doesn't matter, and such training would allow for weapon ownership, but that's another topic I guess)
OOOooo. . . and extensive background check!
OOOooo. . . and extensive background check!
That is a whole different and interesting topic. TB is right although there are some major differences between Switzerland and NA. Switzerland is the size of a small island with a national identity that goes back around a thousand years. WE have no national identity, relatively new , large numbers of immigrants and a vast area. SO I guess the question is would the Switzerland model work on a large scale?
in canada, we have about a million or more people that have taken a firearms safety course and have subjected themselves to a police records check. and we have about 150 non suicide deathes per year. my question for you is how much more would these 1 million people need to do before we save just 1 life? my second question is do you think that would be justified?Better said than I could have at this time of morning.
So question: if all these other countries with lots and lots o guns have people who don't seem to go backshyte crazy with them have, as a common denominator, that their people are trained somehow with them... why aren't the gun people pushing back with everyone needing gun training/handling/maintenance before they can own a gun? I mean, it's what them other countries are doin?
(oh, I also think military service of some kind should be something everyone has to have, though whether actual military when of age or a teen version like a cadet core, doesn't matter, and such training would allow for weapon ownership, but that's another topic I guess)
I don't suppose any facts would change your mind.I disagree. I think the disproportionate amount of veterans ( and low income) in the US drives the violent gun culture in the US that we dont see in Canada because in Canada our gun culture has a high influence from a hunting and sportsman culture.
in canada, we have about a million or more people that have taken a firearms safety course and have subjected themselves to a police records check. and we have about 150 non suicide deathes per year. my question for you is how much more would these 1 million people need to do before we save just 1 life? my second question is do you think that would be justified?
I disagree. I think the disproportionate amount of veterans ( and low income) in the US drives the violent gun culture in the US that we dont see in Canada because in Canada our gun culture has a high influence from a hunting and sportsman culture.
I don't suppose any facts would change your mind.
Do you have any?I don't suppose any facts would change your mind.