According to preliminary results, Swiss overwehelmingly voted to implement the EU Gun Ban

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Helped by a fantastic disinformation campaign, supported by almost all of the parties. They claimed that Switzerland's membership of Schengen, and therefore its economy, would be terminated if it did not adopt the EU's gun ban. In reality, this would be the most extreme outcome, and in neither the EU or Switzerland's interests to see happen.
 
It's not that the Swiss are against guns. It's that most of them thought that being part of the Schengen agreement (the free movement of people within Europe) was more important than preserving their current gun ownership system. As I understand it, there are still going to be lots of loopholes for Swiss gun ownership, as compared to most of the rest of Europe.

Also, there was a male-female split in the voting, with men tending to vote against the EU gun directive, and women tending to vote for it.
 
there are still going to be lots of loopholes for Swiss gun ownership, as compared to most of the rest of Europe.

Actually not. The so called "Swiss exemption" is not helpful in any meaningful way.

Member States may authorise target shooters to acquire and possess semi-automatic firearms classified in point 6 or 7 of category A, subject to the following conditions:
(a) a satisfactory assessment of relevant information arising from the application of Article 5(2);
(b) provision of proof that the target shooter concerned is actively practising for or participating in shooting competitions recognised by an officially recognised shooting sports organisation of the Member State concerned or by an internationally established and officially recognised shooting sport federation; and
(c) provision of a certificate from an officially recognised shooting sports organisation confirming that:
(i) the target shooter is a member of a shooting club and has been regularly practising target shooting in it for at least 12 months; and
(ii) the firearm in question fulfils the specifications required for a shooting discipline recognised by an internationally established and officially recognised shooting sport federation.

As regards firearms classified in point 6 of category A, Member States applying a military system based on general conscription and having in place over the last 50 years a system of transfer of military firearms to persons leaving the army after fulfilling their military duties may grant to those persons, in their capacity as a target shooter, an authorisation to keep one firearm used during the mandatory military period. The relevant public authority shall transform those firearms into semi-automatic firearms and shall periodically check that the persons using such firearms do not represent a risk to public security. The provisions set out in points (a), (b) and (c) of the first subparagraph shall apply.
I.e. it is the same exemption that all other countries may utilize - just put into more words. Oh, were you too busy to train in the past year? Time to cancel your exemption and surrender the firearm!

But more importantly this is tried trick. First take away the right, call firearms banned but sugar coat it by saying "there will be exemptions".

Wait [INSERT NUMBER OF YEARS], cancel exemptions. Tell them "but you could not expect to keep a firearm that is called PROHIBITED, could you? You can't expect an EXEMPTION to be anything else than the word suggests."
 
Switzerland follows their customers ideas lately whether are wrong or not. As far you don't touch your money in their banks they don't care.
Let see how long last the pseudo neutrality, 50 or 70 years.
Their jounge people only care for short term now, again media dominate the world now.
 
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Socialism will load them up onto rail cars and send them off to the concentration camp soon enough. The funny thing about a police state where only government appointed goons have arms is that they almost never use those weapons to defend the citizens of the country against either criminals or their own tyrannical government.

In the end, the people who vote to disarm will march themselves into gulags without a peep of resistance because they are sheep who demanded to be consumed by wolves.
 
Seems the Swiss follow the money, always have, even during WWII. Threaten to curtail it and they're apparently willing to give up basic rights without a struggle.

"We're independent, not part of the EU", however they'll do whatever it takes to make a profit off them as long as they don't have to officially open their borders.
 
Socialism will load them up onto rail cars and send them off to the concentration camp soon enough. The funny thing about a police state where only government appointed goons have arms is that they almost never use those weapons to defend the citizens of the country against either criminals or their own tyrannical government.

In the end, the people who vote to disarm will march themselves into gulags without a peep of resistance because they are sheep who demanded to be consumed by wolves.
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Not concentration camps but re-education centers where sceptics will become wonderful citizens of one multiethnic state. It will be so great religion will no longer be needed.
Europe today is not the same as in mid to late thirties so they should be ok with more limited access to firearms.
America will follow as there is simply to much gun violence on daily basis. Stricter gun laws are just a matter of time.
Right now in Al they are looking for camo clad hombre that killed one policeman and wounded two others. This stuff has to stop.
 
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Europe has a long history of being many different countries, the USA has never been like Europe.

Yes but now we have two generations of people (and country economies) that are used to no borders. Internal borders are history, just that in US it is a more distant history.

It will be so great religion will no longer be needed.

1. Actually religiosity is rising quite fast with the new arrivals in the EU. Just not the one we are used to.
2. Religiosity has no connection with level of freedom. Czech Republic is the most atheist country in Europe, yet the level of individual freedom here is quite possibly the highest.
 
Problem we have here is the immigrants we're getting are used to the rule of law not being followed, and coup d'etat's were common in the countries they came from. We have to hope they don't bring those ideas with them.
 
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Not concentration camps but re-education centers where sceptics will become wonderful citizens of one multiethnic state. It will be so great religion will no longer be needed.
Europe today is not the same as in mid to late thirties so they should be ok with more limited access to firearms.
America will follow as there is simply to much gun violence on daily basis. Stricter gun laws are just a matter of time.
Right now in Al they are looking for camo clad hombre that killed one policeman and wounded two others. This stuff has to stop.
I hope you are being sarcastic with the above. Unfortunately, too many people believe stuff like that, and it'll be a close call whether the population can realize before it's too late that guns are civilization. An explanation in a nutshell: http://jpfo.org/articles-assd02/marko.htm
 
Imagine border checks between individual US states.

One of the things that even "educated" people just can't grasp is the size of "europe". Most countries are the size and population of small US states. Denmark, the place that ole Bernie thinks is socialist (it is not) is the size of Mass, both in land and population.....France,germany.....think Texas. The distance between London and Moscow is shorter then San Fran to New York City....as the crow flies....400 ish miles closer. People just can't grasp this.
(I know you guys are googling this now)

People always quote stats of this country or that country....you really are looking at apples to a Big Mac.....there is no place like the united states, and looking at stats between other countries and ours just does not work....but they sure love to do it to make the US look bad. Look how much gas we use, look at how many people we kill on our roads.....bla bla bla.

I really think that the EU is a house of cards....it will fall apart, as one that has been around europe.....back in the 80's, I really think the cultures are just too different......today their "leaders" are pushing the population in a given direction.....and the population is now looking at it going....you know this sounded real good, but I am not too keen on it now. There is going to be push back....and when it gets to a point I really think the EU will fall apart, and I think it will be ugly.
 
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