Why is the Swiss crime rate not through the roof?

Machjo

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Avro, so what about Switzerland? The government even provides ammunition free of charge for target practice!
 

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You just made the case for gun control.

Thanks for that...I had no idea....I never though of looking up Isreal.

With respect to the media...technically they are right.

I may have made the case for more extensive training with firearms.........in Canada, you can get a license without ever having fired a real gun.

I certainly made the case for allowing trained citizens to carry handguns.
 

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I'm having a go at FarCry 2 . I'm so brainwashed now I wanna cuff liberalman one :D

Tell me about it. I was playing a computer game yesterday, and this morning I went out and launched an assault on a factory with all my gaming buddies. Hey, we just couldn't help it. We had to get it out of our system.
 

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I may have made the case for more extensive training with firearms.........in Canada, you can get a license without ever having fired a real gun.

I certainly made the case for allowing trained citizens to carry handguns.

Still a form of regulation, but I agree 100%.
 

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simulation is a form of brainwashing and some people in society that are close to a mental break will turn a fantasy into a real event.

Video games is where they learn to kill people or as they perceive the enemy

They get three weeks of military training every year. Certainly that would have a deeper impact that video games, no?
 

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Tell me about it. I was playing a computer game yesterday, and this morning I went out and launched an assault on a factory with all my gaming buddies. Hey, we just couldn't help it. We had to get it out of our system.

And the reason we didn't read about it????

Oh.

You attacked, joysticks in hand, didn't you???

So to speak...

OHHHHHH Terrible mental visions....get out of my head!!!
 

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Well, Switzerland's crime rate is well under control. So clearly the availability of weapons does not mean the crime rate will necessarily increase.

I never said it would, but weapons are controled in Switzerland and people art trained how to use and respect them.

What goes on in the States is quite the opposite.

I have said this in the past, Switzerland does not have the same ethnic issues that the U.S. has....it's something people just aren't willing to admit.

In case you missed it, I own 2 hand guns and am a member of a club.
 

Machjo

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I never said it would, but weapons are controled in Switzerland and people art trained how to use and respect them.

What goes on in the States is quite the opposite.

I have said this in the past, Switzerland does not have the same ethnic issues that the U.S. has....it's something people just aren't willing to admit.

In case you missed it, I own 2 hand guns and am a member of a club.

I can certainly agree with requiring education pertaining to weapons, requiring people to learn to use them responsibly etc. Fair enough.
 

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I'm having a go at FarCry 2 . I'm so brainwashed now I wanna cuff liberalman one :D
Yeah! Cuff him and stick him in front of an intelligence aid video game like "Whirled". Who knows, maybe something will click.
 

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Well, Switzerland's crime rate is well under control. So clearly the availability of weapons does not mean the crime rate will necessarily increase.
And Japan shows that the lack of firearms does not mean crime disappears.
 

Machjo

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Yeah! Cuff him and stick him in front of an intelligence aid video game like "Whirled". Who knows, maybe something will click.

don't use the 'c' word. His paying the game too many times might have programmed him to press buttons on explosive devices when he sees that word.