The people's money. Banks didn't have money of their own, they took deposits and lent the money and paid interest out of the interest paid for the loans, just like today. You have a lot of really weird ideas about how things work in the real world.
Most bankers were barely middle class in those days. It took the advent of mega banks like B of A for bankers to get rich,
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More on Israeli gun control...
Why has it only been crickets from the gun confiscation crowd?
Despite perceptions, Israel was a dream state for these people. Israel had strict controls on guns, and the people’s common sense civil right of self-defense. That made it nearly a Utopia for the likes of groups with names like Mom’s Demanding Civilian Disarmament in Everytown and Brady United Against Your Second Amendment Right to Own A Gun.
The Hamas terror attacks shattered the gun control ‘safety’ myth
Have you noticed that the ghouls of the gun grabber lobby have been awfully quiet the past few days? These cynical control freaks who are all too ready and willing to exploit other people’s pain for their political gain would normally be c...www.americanthinker.com
A gun in the home, even in Israel, is going to be far more likely to be used in domestic violence than fighting off evil terrorists.
You stupid Moon Bat. They may not be able to stop the attacks but they could put a big dent in the amount of damage that could be done.
That bullshit has been disproven thousands of times.
That is a ******* lie. You stupid Moon Bats always lie.
That's not really true anymore. After some nutter shot up his local Canton office, they really pulled back on that.
So, to protect against right-wing terrorists in this country, we should hand out guns to women and minorities.Gun control laws in Israel completely failed the people of Israel....now, the government of Israel is going to hand out 10,000 actual military rifles to civilians.....days too late.....
10,000 assault rifles - Israel is now arming volunteers in border areas - Today Times Live
As the Israeli army prepares for a ground offensive in the Gaza Strip and has called on the Israeli population to stock up on enough food, water and medicine to last at least 72 hours, the Ministry of Homeland Security has now started arming volunteers along the border with the…todaytimeslive.com
The Swiss did it for many decades (maybe centuries) with low incident of gun accidents so you can cram it your ass.That's not really true anymore. After some nutter shot up his local Canton office, they really pulled back on that.
Firearms regulation in Switzerland - Wikipedia
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Prior to 2007, members of the Swiss Militia were supplied with 50 rounds of ammunition for their military weapon in a sealed ammo box that was regularly audited by the government (Pocket ammunition). This was so that, in the case of an emergency, the militia could respond quickly.
In December 2007, the Swiss Federal Council decided that the distribution of ammunition to soldiers would stop and that previously issued ammo would be returned. By March 2011, more than 99% of the ammo has been received. Only 2,000 specialist militia members (who protect airports and other sites of particular sensitivity) are permitted to keep their military-issued ammunition at home. The rest of the militia get their ammunition from their military armoury in the event of an emergency.[6][30][31]
When their period of service has ended, militia men have the choice of buying their personal Stgw 90 after it has been converted to semi-automatic and keeping other selected items of their equipment. However, keeping the firearms after the end of service requires a weapon acquisition permit and in the case of the rifle to have participated in two repetition shootings (obligatorische Programm) and two Feldschiessen in the last three years of service (art. 26-33 VPAA/OEPM).[19]
That's not really true anymore. After some nutter shot up his local Canton office, they really pulled back on that.
Firearms regulation in Switzerland - Wikipedia
Prior to 2007, members of the Swiss Militia were supplied with 50 rounds of ammunition for their military weapon in a sealed ammo box that was regularly audited by the government (Pocket ammunition). This was so that, in the case of an emergency, the militia could respond quickly.
In December 2007, the Swiss Federal Council decided that the distribution of ammunition to soldiers would stop and that previously issued ammo would be returned. By March 2011, more than 99% of the ammo has been received. Only 2,000 specialist militia members (who protect airports and other sites of particular sensitivity) are permitted to keep their military-issued ammunition at home. The rest of the militia get their ammunition from their military armoury in the event of an emergency.[6][30][31]
When their period of service has ended, militia men have the choice of buying their personal Stgw 90 after it has been converted to semi-automatic and keeping other selected items of their equipment. However, keeping the firearms after the end of service requires a weapon acquisition permit and in the case of the rifle to have participated in two repetition shootings (obligatorische Programm) and two Feldschiessen in the last three years of service (art. 26-33 VPAA/OEPM).[19]
