On 22/01/2013 6:43 PM, Chemo wrote:

> Switzerland issues every household a gun! Switzerland 's government
> trains every adult they issue a rifle. Switzerland has the lowest gun
> related crime rate of any civilized country in the world! It's a no
> brainer!



I bet you would like to think that is true, but it isn't.

Switzerland's total firearm-related death rate is 3.84. Their firearm
homicide rate is o.53 Compare that with :

Finland 0.26
France 0.22
Austria 0.18
New Zealand 0.17
Estonia 0.30
Slovenia 0.05
Belgium 0.29
Canada 0.5
Macedonia 0.04
Portugal 0.48
Czech Rep. 0.12
Lithuania 0.24
Georgia 0.23
Sweden 0.19
Denmark 0.22
Latvia 0.18
Bulgaria 0.23
Italy 0.36
Kuwait 0.36
Germany 0.06
Australia 0.09
Hungary 0.13
Cypress 0.24
Spain 0.15
Netherlands 0.20
Taiwan 0.13
Belarus 0.13
Ukraine 0.35
UK 0.04
Poland 0.02
Singapore 0.07
Romania 0.04
Hong Kong 0.12
Mauritius 0.00
Qatar 0.18
South Korea 0.04
Azerbaijan 0.04

Dammit. Don't you hate when the facts disagree with you factoids and the
opinions you base of those falsehoods.