Goerz,
The castle doctrine is a step in the right direction.
Your civilian ccw system is no different than here, gun shop owners/lawyers that work for state prosecution etc. etc. get a de facto right to carry if they wish. The same as Switzerland from what I understand.
For me this isn’t civilian ccw but automatic ccw for a “very select few members of society"…here definitely well under 1% of population. I think it's completely illogical. If anything you would have to be insane to attack a judge as the police would never stop until they found you & you would get the full sentence - in my view they are far safer than any ordinary member of the public.
Shung,
I know exactly what you mean, since 2004 and the 10 new Eastern European countries joining the EU we have imported nothing but scumbag eastern gangs. Why rob houses in a Baltic country like Latvia/Lithuania/Estonia when you can cross open borders to Lux (highest GDP/capita in Europe if not the world) and rob valuables worth 10-15 times more per house or pop windows & pull someone out of their porsche at the traffic lights.
I wish convicted criminals would be sent back to their respective eastern European 3rd world country **** hole – free movement of ‘labour’(not that they work/pay taxes) should have a clause stating you need to be a net contributor to the country in which you decide to live in.
I found it sad to read that Protell didn't make a formal objection to the federal law that impacted ccw in 99.
I also find it normal that while the number of knife crimes injures 9 times more people than a firearm the socialist party is more worried about taking away the Swiss service rifle.
http://www.lematin.ch/actu/suisse/couteau-devenu-arme-crime-no-1-103245
also this would seem to suggest Geneva was the most 'friendly' in terms of these extremely rare ccw licenses, mostly security personnel from the sound of it.
http://www.lematin.ch/actu/suisse/stauffer-cas-part-126589
So basically 10 years have gone by since ccw was abolished, knife crime keeps going up and up but you say the general population is anti-firearm.
It is incredible how a decade can change so much for the worst for firearms ownership.
ccw gone.
schengen agreement and all the restrictions that entails.
ammo for the service rifle removed.
and now they(socialist party & anti-gun brigade) want the service rifle and a host of other measures for your own good. banning pump action shotguns also aren't they ?
Can you not obtain 100,000 signatures and petition the federal government to allow the people vote to enable ccw to be delivered to civilians as it was pre 99 ?
I find it very frustrating - socialist anti-gun agenda across Europe, constant demonization of law abiding citizens with firearms and any discussion of ccw and we are automatically some Waco style right wing gun nuts. Why is it that despite all the loopholes we jump through (no criminal record, no worrying medical records - depression/substance abuse/psychological issues) and all the other vetting measures...models of the perfect citizen by any means that
we are entrusted with firearms for hunting/sport shooting and to have them in our homes
But
carrying a concealed handgun on the street as a means of defence
(which if used as such will have us calling the police to report what happened as law abiding citizens we are accountable for our actions)
is automatically AMERICAN GUN CULTURE/WILD WILD WEST/BLOOD BATH IN THE STREETS/RAMBO WANNABE '
it just defies logic. It is the most appropriate means of defense for a woman.
But in controlling the media, they control public opinion however erroneous their logic is in various articles
But hey, when violent crime keeps increasing we can always count on the police to be there to assure our security right
I mean that is what the socialists promised in their election manifesto, right
At this rate I will want to retire in Tennessee with my own range in the back yard.