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thomaswong.1986 says

In the USA armed people are called right wing fanatics, uncultured white trash, in Switzerland they are called patriotic ...

The most vocal gun advocates and users in America tend to be

Idiots

Grown men who still have fantasies about being a cowboy

Urban gangsters

In Switzerland, the typical gun owner
- Considers a gun to be a tool, not a toy. It's not for fun.
- Does not use guns to appear cool or macho.
- At about age 20, every Swiss male goes through 118 consecutive days of recruit training in the Rekrutenschule whereas in America, gun advocates cry foul for requiring a mere 8-hour handgun safety course.
- From age 21 to 32, the Swiss devote three weeks a year to continued training.
- An applicant for a firearm license in Switzerland must pass background checks which consider mental, criminal and domestic violence records.
- In Switzerland gun owners must re-apply and re-qualify for their firearm licence every 5 years.
- The buyer of a firearm in a private sale in Switzerland is obliged to pass official background checks before taking possession even in private gun sales.
- In Switzerland, carrying a concealed firearm in a public place is allowed only with proof of genuine need and tangible danger, following mental health, criminal record and good character background checks, and after passing a police examination in firearm law and handgun safety.

The NRA opposes pretty much all the points above as do the politicians they buy.

Dan8267 says

The most vocal gun advocates and users in America tend to be

only if you believe in Hollywood hype or jackass nonsense from the East Coast Liberals.

If we were to believe all the Swiss policies were enacted.. the Jack ass liberal class, which
you are a member of would still exclude many of the weapons allowed in Switzerland.

Dan8267 says

- In Switzerland, carrying a concealed firearm in a public place is allowed only with proof of genuine need and tangible danger, following mental health, criminal record and good character background checks, and after passing a police examination in firearm law and handgun safety.

everyone (Citizen) goes through weapons training because every citizen goes through compulsory military service at age 18. public carry does not include being in danger.. thats all nonsense.

Dan8267 says

Because they don't have a war on drugs.

Hell, ever person is allowed to grow four marijuana plants at home. You let people in Oakland do that and drug trafficking will plummet.

yet you dont speak of millions in Cocaine and Heroin being trafficking in Oakland.

thomaswong.1986 says

yet you dont speak of millions in Cocaine and Heroin being trafficking in Oakland.

Do you want me to?

Clearly, pot is the cash crop for the private prison industry. It's criminalization results in tens of millions of Americans being unable to get a descent job and escape poverty. Poverty is the number one cause of violent crime. Therefore, the criminalization of pot causes violent crime, directly or indirectly.

But as for cocaine and heroin, why should their use be illegal either? I thought you conservatives didn't want a nanny state telling you what you can eat, drink, smoke, and do with your own body? We need to remove all this excessive regulation of the drug industry and let the free market decide what is right. Isn't that the Republican mantra?

Of course, if you get rid of all this fucking poverty caused by the greedy hording of wealth by the capital class, you wouldn't have any drug use. I've never taken any drugs including pot and nicotine. Why? Because I have other things in my life. Get rid of poverty and you'll see drug usage go down.

Dan8267 says

It's criminalization results in tens of millions of Americans being unable to get a descent job and escape poverty. Poverty is the number one cause of violent crime. Therefore, the criminalization of pot causes violent crime, directly or indirectly.

Its a choice.. it was back decades ago and is today. Drugs is why you have crime, narc trafficking and deaths. Of course you justify it like a common criminal of course unwilling to allow the common citizen to protect themselves and their family from the hoodlums shooting everyone in their neighborhoods. Destroy the crime and business will flourish.

FWIW, i sure like to see Afghanistan and Bolvia napalmed to a crisp along with who ever was linked to the drug production and trade. the same goes with pot.. spray paraquat across north california and mexico... sobriety.. its a beautiful thing.

You'll pry my pipe from my cold dead hands!

We should also spray paraquat on all grain fields to stop harvesting it for alcohol, which ruins way more lives than marijuana ever could.

Spray paraquat on churches too. Religion is the worst drug there is.

Dan8267 says

People are lousy at rationally and objectively evaluating risk. As emotion-driven machines, humans simply make all kinds of false assumptions when evaluating real world risk, especially in the modern age.

I'm terrible at evaluating risk for myself and my loved ones.
If only some PAC money corrupted, special interest influenced, Lawmakers would do it for me.