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Original Usenet message from alt.ascii-art, 31 Jan 2007.
Re: #2721 ASPERGER'S

Re: #2721 ASPERGER'S

Christian 'CeeJay' Jensen wrote:
>> I've heard there is a Scandinavian country, I don't remember which
>> one but I believe it may be Sweden, where it's law that every household
>> must have at least one gun. I think that's a good policy. If someone tries
>> to invade Sweden they're gonna have one hell of a fight on their hands.
> 
> You either heard wrong or someone told you a tall tale.
> All Scandinavian countries require permits to own a gun.
> 

Actually, I believe the country in question is Switzerland,
the world's oldest democracy.  One Man, One Gun, One Vote:
the operating formula for a strong democracy.  (Of course,
"Man" should be "Person"; and "Gun" should be "Effective Weapon"
with the understanding that it is generally available for
service to the state - as well as in protection of the rights
of the individual within the state.)

As I recall (which may well be incorrectly), the general
theory is that every household is always available to aid
in the national defense.  I think that the source I heard
this from indicated that Switzerland had one of the lowest
instances of home-invasion of any country in the world,
more or less as a side-effect of every household being
known to possess a military weapon, and training to use it.

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