Cambodia prior to 1974
Germany 1938
Russia 1917
China 1947
Anyone know what occurred in those nations after those years?
Also.....the Germans registered the remaining guns not ordered turned in, in the 1920s.....those registration lists were then used by the socialists to disarm Jews and political opposition...who were the ones who ended up in the gas chambers...
Don't forget.....the rest of Europe also took guns away from their people after World War 1.....that left them helpless when the Germans took over....and they were forced to hand over innocent men, women and children to the Germans to be murdered in gas chambers....
The only country that didn't experience this...Switzerland....they had 435,000 citizens armed with military rifles ready to fight any invasion...and because of that, the Germans didn't invade....
THE SWISS WERE PREPARED TO FIGHT FACISM TO THE BITTER END | FRONTLINE | PBS
That is why the Nazis despised Switzerland. Joseph Goebbels called Switzerland "this stinking little state" where "sentiment has turned very much against us." Adolf Hitler decided that "all the rubbish of small nations still existing in Europe must be liquidated," even if it meant he would later "be attacked as the 'Butcher of the Swiss.'"
The 1940 Nazi invasion plan, Operation Tannenbaum, was not executed, and SS Oberst Hermann Bohme's 1943 memorandum warned that an invasion of Switzerland would be too costly because every man was armed and trained to shoot. This did not stop the Gestapo from preparing lists of Swiss to be liquidated once the Nazis overran the country.
The other European nations were easily toppled and had little means to wage a partisan war against the occupation. Once their standing armies were defeated, the governments capitulated and the populaces were defenseless.
Only in Switzerland was the entire populace armed and prepared to wage a relentless guerrilla war against an invader. When the war began in 1939, Switzerland mobilized 435,000 citizen soldiers out of a population of 4.2 million. Production figures for Swiss service rifles, which had firepower equal to those of the Germans, demonstrate an ample supply of small arms. Swiss militiamen were instructed to disregard any alleged "official" surrender as enemy propaganda and, if necessary, to fight individually. This meant that a nation of sharpshooters would be sniping at German soldiers at long ranges from every mountain.
While neutral, Switzerland was prepared to fight a Nazi invasion to the end. The celebrated Swiss Gen. Henri Guisan developed the strategy known as defense du reduit--an initial opposition followed by a retreat into the Alps, where a relentless war to the death would be waged. Most Swiss strongly opposed Nazism. Death sentences were issued for fifth-column activities, and proclamations against anti-Semitism were passed at various official levels. There was no Holocaust on Swiss soil, something that can not be said for France, the Netherlands, Poland or most of Europe.
here Happy, read about Switzerland. then ask yourself if you would really want to live there.
Switzerland has stricter gun laws than we do, are you saying you'd like to incorporate their laws? Or, surprisingly enough you don't know what you're talking about.
No...they have fully automatic rifles in most homes......anyone could take that rifle and shoot up a school...their gun control laws do not stop that.
Actually most citizens of Switzerland aren't allowed to own fully automatic weapons, are you really this naive about their gun laws? You seem to talk about them quite a bit yet have no practical understanding of their laws.
I'm more than happy to have Switzerland's gun laws, the only exception I can think of off hand is that the age to buy a gun should be 21 with exceptions for military personnel.
Let's go with Wiki, they sum it up nicely:
Regulation[edit]
Switzerland's Weapons Law (WG, LArm)
[2] and Weapons Act (WV, OArm)
[3] has been revised to accede to the
Schengen Treaty effective 12 December 2008. The Act on Personal Military Equipement (VPAA, OEPM) governs the handling of military equipement, and in particular the handling of personal weapons by military personnel.
[10]
The law is applied to the following weapons:
- Firearms, such as pistols, revolvers, rifles, pump guns (German: Vorderschaftrepetierer), lever-action rifles, self-loading guns (shotguns and rifles)
- Air and CO2 guns with a muzzle energy of at least 7.5 joules, or if there is risk of confusion with a firearm
- Imitation, blank firing guns (German: Schreckschuss) and soft-air guns when there is risk of confusion with a firearm
- Butterfly knives, throwing knives, switchblade or automatic knives with total length greater than 12 cm and blade length greater than 5 cm
- Daggers with a symmetrical blade less than 30 cm
- Devices that are intended to hurt people such as batons (German: Schlagrute), throwing star, brass knuckles, slings with armrest
- Electric shock devices and spray products with irritants in Annex 2 weapons ordinance (WV/OArm), except for pepper spray
Generally prohibited arms are:
- Automatic firearms such as machine guns, etc.
- Automatic knives when the blade more than 5 cm and total length of more than 12 cm
- Butterfly knives when the blade more than 5 cm and total length of more than 12 cm
- Throwing knives; regardless of the shape and size
- Symmetrical daggers where blade length is less than 30 cm
- Brass knuckles
- Shock rods or stun guns
- Throwing Stars
- Buttstock-equipped slingshots German: Schleudern mit Armstütze
- Tasers
- Hidden firearms that imitate an object of utility, such as shooting phones
Acquisition[edit]
Buying guns[edit]
In order to purchase most weapons, the purchaser must obtain a weapon acquisition permit (art. 8 WG/LArm). Swiss citizens and foreigners with a C permit over the age of 18 who are not psychiatrically disqualified nor identified as posing security problems, and who have a clean criminal record can request such a permit. Foreigners with the following citizenship are explicitly excluded from the right to possess weapons: Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Macedonia, Turkey, Sri Lanka, Algeria and Albania.
[note 2] The following information must be provided to the cantonal weapon bureau together with the weapon application form:
- valid official identification or passport copy
- residence address
- criminal record copy not older than 3 months
For each transfer of a weapon or an essential weapon component without weapons acquisition permit (art. 10 WG/LArm), a written contract must be concluded. Each Party shall keep them at least ten years. The contract must include the following information (art. 11 WG/LArm):
- Family name, first name, birth date, residence address and signature of the person who sells the weapon or essential weapon component
- Family name, first name, birth date, residence address and signature of the person who purchases the weapon or an essential weapon component
- Kind of weapon, manufacturer or producer, label, caliber, weapon number, and date and place of transfer
- Type and number of official identification of the person who acquires the weapon or the essential weapon component
- and an indication of the processing of personal data in connection with the contract in accordance with the privacy policy of the Federation or the cantons, if firearms are transmitted
This information must be sent within 30 days to the cantonal weapon registration bureau, where the weapon holders are registered (art. 9 WG/LArm).
Some weapons do not need a weapon acquisition permit (art. 10 WG/LArm):
- Single-shot and multi-barreled hunting rifles and replicas of single-shot muzzle loaders
- By the Federal Council designated hand bolt-action rifles, which are commonly used in off-duty and sporting gunnery recognized by the military law of 3 February 1952 and shooting clubs for hunting purposes in Switzerland
- Single-shot rabbit slayer
- Compressed air and CO2 weapons that develop a muzzle energy of at least 7.5 joules, or may be confused because of their appearance with real firearms
Buying ammunition
In order to purchase ammunition the buyer must follow the same legal rules that apply to buying guns. The buyer can only buy ammunition for guns that he/she legally owns and must provide the following information to the seller (art. 15, 16 WG/LArm; art. 24 WV/OArm):[2][3]
- valid official identification or passport (and must be older than 18 and who are not psychiatrically disqualified nor identified as posing security problems, and must not be a citizen of the following countries (art. 12 WV/OArm): Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Macedonia, Turkey, Sri Lanka, Algeria and Albania)
- criminal record copy not older than 3 months
- weapon acquisition permit not older than 2 years, or a weapon carrying permit not older than 5 years
This also applies for weapons which do not require a weapon acquisition permit (see above, excluding the weapon acquisition permit, of course).
This information must be sent within 30 days to the cantonal weapon registration bureau, where the weapon holder is registered.
The same applies to black powder and modern black powder substitutes for use in firing historical rifles.
A Swiss 100 gram black powder container.
The possession of the following munition is generally prohibited:
- Ammunition with armor-piercing bullets
- Ammunition with projectiles containing an explosive or incendiary device
- Ammunition with one or more floors to the release of substances which damage the health of people in the long run
- Ammunition, missiles and missile launchers for military explosive
- Ammunition with projectiles for transmitting electric shocks
- Ammunition for handguns with deformation effect
Carrying guns[edit]
To carry a firearm in public or outdoors (and for a militia member to carry a firearm other than his issued weapons while off-duty), a person must have a gun carrying permit (German: Waffentragbewilligung, French: permis de port d'armes, Italian: permesso di porto di armi; art. 27 WG/LArm), which in most cases is issued only to private citizens working in occupations such as security.[2] It is, however, quite common to see a person in military service to be en route with his rifle, albeit unloaded.[10] The issue of such exceptional permits are extremely selective.[clarification needed]
However, it is permissible to carry firearms in public or outdoors if the holder (art. 27 § 4 WG/LArm):
- Has a valid hunting license and is carrying the firearm for hunting
- Is participating in a demonstration and is carrying the firearm in reference to a historical event
- Is participating in a shooting competition for air-soft guns, provided that the competition has a secure perimeter
- Is an airport security officer for an authorized country, a border patrol officer, or a game warden, who is carrying the firearm in the course of their employment
Furthermore, any licensed holder of a gun may transport an unloaded firearm for special situations (see #Transporting guns).
Conditions for obtaining a Carrying Permit[edit]
There are three conditions (art. 27 § 2 WG/LArm):
- fulfilling the conditions for a buying permit (see section above)
- stating plausibly the need to carry firearms to protect oneself, other people, or real property from a specified danger
- passing an examination proving both weapon handling skills and knowledge regarding lawful use of the weapon
The carrying permit remains valid for a term of five years (unless otherwise surrendered or revoked), and applies only to the type of firearm for which the permit was issued. Additional constraints may be invoked to modify any specific permit. (art. 27 § 3 WG/LArm)
Transporting guns[edit]
Guns may be transported in public as long as an appropriate justification is present. This means to transport a gun in public, the following requirements apply (art. 28 WG/LArm):
- The ammunition must be separated from the gun, no ammunition in a magazine
- The transport needs to be as direct as possible and needs a valid purpose:
- For courses or exercises hosted by marksmanship, hunting or military organisations
- To an army warehouse and back
- To show the gun to a friend or a possible buyer
- To and from a holder of a valid arms trade permit
- To and from a specific event, e.g. gun shows
- During change of residence
