>>>Thanks for the link. I did not know that.
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>>>The beginning of the wiki article is interesting:
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>>>The gun policy in Switzerland is unique in Europe. The personal weapon of militia personnel is kept at home as part of the military obligations.
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>>IIRC Israel is very similar.
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>Uh, that's the way it is here in the south too!<g> When the country was founded, it was that way too!

True.