Gun talk

[SlickRick]

Originally posted by doublep
Interesting thread - while I don't own a gun, I did shoot a lot when I was younger when I served in the army cadets - and would like to take up shooting again at some point. I think the whole issues of gun control, and in particular gun crime, is a pretty complex subject.

I live in a county awash with guns - there are more guns per head of population here in Swizerland than any other country in the world, as far as I'm aware.

This is because when Switzerland was founded in 1291 armed citizens were the cornerstone of the countires defence, and remains so to this day - in fact, the second amendment of your constitution is based on the Swiss model which inspired the American revolutionaries, like John Adams and Patrick Henry.

Despite all these guns though - crime is very, very, low here indeed - that's what I like about this place the most.

Crime is low pretty uch in other countries because they respect the punnishment they may get if they brake the law.


Here in the US of A you get treated better while in the prision system. I don't have dental insurance. If I was to go to prision I would get full medical attention, and full dental. It cost about 18K a year to keep a person in prision each year every year they are locked up.


I had a friend that made more money while in a state prision then on the outside. (He made over 80K dealing drugs) On the out side he couldnt hold a job paying just under 15K a year. Hes been out and cleaned up his act since then. He also sued a prision guard for braking his coller bone, and he won 35K in that law suit.

If you have nothing to lose you can make a good living on the inside.

It's a slap on the hand for just about anything you do crime wise.

Unlike with other countries, if you get caught stealing you get your hand chopped off. If a woman is caught having an affair in the middle east she is stoned to death in public.