Reply #112: In Switzerland the govt. gives one to EVERYBODY. [View All]

[FudaFuda]

Everybody in Switzerland has to be in the active 'militia' until age 30. From age 20 until age 30, the government issues all non-officer citizens a fully automatic Sig 550 assault rifle, i.e. a machine gun. You can also own your own semi-auto's and shoot them whenever, but the issued automatic rifle can only be fired during official periodic training.

When you turn 30, your mandatory 10-yr stint in the militia is over. You can turn the Sig 550 back in to the govt., or you can choose to keep it, but they send it back to the factory to disable to automatic fire capability. What you get back is a free semi-auto 'assault weapon,' and a very nice one at that.


Last I checked, Switzerland is fairly civilized, and proof that guns are not a measurable hazard among law-abiding peoples.


edit: here are a few pics from a GUN SHOW in Lausanne, Switzerland. THe last pic shows a fully functional flame thrower for sale, no permit required.