Mine prevented me from being robbed and/or worse, while alone at home, in the middle of nowhere, during a blackout.. A current event in good old USA. Good thing I live here, and still have the right to protect myself.....
A well armed citizenry is what kept Hitler from invading Switzerland.
What kept Hitler out of Switzerland was not the citizenry. They would have posed no problem at all. What kept him out was the banking system.
I'm pretty sure Hitler saw any banking system as potentially his. Banking wasn't a priority for him or any others that entertained the thought of invading Switzerland. A country that makes it mandatory for all male citizens to own a gun is a deterrent. That IS their army:
WHY AN ARMED CITIZENRY