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Old 02-22-2013, 03:38 PM
 
Location: Littleton, CO
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Why Switzerland Has The Lowest Crime Rate in The World
It doesn't.


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Old 02-22-2013, 03:39 PM
 
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"They managed to stay out of WWII"
That is something to be proud of?
Yup, they just pointed the Nazis to the Norwegian border, I think they even gave them free road maps too.
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Old 02-22-2013, 03:40 PM
 
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Violence is always a people problem. We once had much easier gun laws that in fact allowed people to buy military surplus arms theru the mail without the problems we ahve now i mass shooting.No gu law will solve the problem of violence no matter now mnay we have or will try.
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Old 02-22-2013, 03:55 PM
 
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-Government provided training
-Government subsidized loads (bullets)
-Fully auto perfectly fine if you served in the military


These people get it. They managed to stay out of WWII, have the strongest economy in Europe, and just about force feed gun ownership to the citizenry (citizen defense, built in homeland security)
The ultimate argument FOR a well-armed citizenry. And in the middle of the socialist states of Europe!!
Why don't you try selling Swiss gun laws to the NRA and their backers? I'll stand back and listen to their apoplectic rage fits, once they realize just how regulated, registered and controlled firearms actually are in Switzerland.
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Old 02-22-2013, 04:01 PM
 
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Switzerland has crime rates that mirror almost all white communities in the United States. Lets not talk about those things which maybe politically incorrect though. Put the demographic of South Chicago in Switzerland and lets see how well they do
Lol...that's funny. Especially seeing as how the "whitest" continent has conducted itself over the last century.

The former Yugoslavia was probably whiter than Switzerland, and I saw firsthand how that worked out.
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Old 02-22-2013, 04:04 PM
 
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Lol...that's funny. Especially seeing as how the "whitest" continent has conducted itself over the last century.

The former Yugoslavia was probably whiter than Switzerland, and I saw firsthand how that worked out.
There sure was a whole lot of killing going on during the 30's and 40's in Europe, somewhere in the millions.
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Old 02-22-2013, 04:04 PM
 
Location: Where they serve real ale.
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Why do the right wing gun nuts always lie? Switzerland doesn't even remotely, like not even close, have the lowest crime rate in the world. In fact, it has 31st HIGHEST crime rate in the world. It's not like this is hard to look up so either these gun nut people are incredibly stupid or they're deliberate liars.

Total crimes statistics - countries compared - NationMaster Crime
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Old 02-22-2013, 04:07 PM
 
Location: S.W.PA
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It doesn't.

Re: graph at the top: very curious that Lichtenstein has such a high crime rate, and it is just next door to Switzerland. By the way this looks like an old graph. The UK/England/Wales bar has risen to about 350 (similar to the US). Also note that Canada isn't shown BECAUSE THEIR RATE IS ABOUT 900!
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Old 02-22-2013, 04:07 PM
 
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Why do the right wing gun nuts always lie? Switzerland doesn't even remotely, like not even close, have the lowest crime rate in the world. In fact, it has 31st HIGHEST crime rate in the world. It's not like this is hard to look up so either these gun nut people are incredibly stupid or they're deliberate liars.

Total crimes statistics - countries compared - NationMaster Crime
rate implies a per capita to be remotely useful.

Are you slow or something?
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Old 02-22-2013, 04:08 PM
 
Location: Victoria, BC.
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Why do the right wing gun nuts always lie? Switzerland doesn't even remotely, like not even close, have the lowest crime rate in the world. In fact, it has 31st HIGHEST crime rate in the world. It's not like this is hard to look up so either these gun nut people are incredibly stupid or they're deliberate liars.

Total crimes statistics - countries compared - NationMaster Crime
Or both...They grasp at any straw that comes along, even if they have to distort the facts.
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