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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Dane Simri: [QB] Guys, I'm so dyed-in-the-wool conservative that I starch my boxer shorts (not really), but I'm really starting to rethink my position on gun control. I suppose being a new father might be the catalyst; imagining my son killed by a gun someone failed to responsibly control is about the worst thought my mind can currently conceive. That being said, I've always been of the (probably uninformed but nonetheless very fixed) opinion that the REAL reason our forefathers wrote the second amendment was as a check on the government. In other words, giving the average citizen the right to keep and bear arms makes the government (local, state, or national) think twice about using an armed force to supress them. And while I may trust the current government to preserve my rights even if I'm not "holding a gun to their head," I do NOT trust tomorrow's government to do the same. (Perhaps it's sad that I'm not willing to place more faith in people...) So I'm in a bit of a quandry. I have read that in Switzerland (a country where all males are required to perform military service) that those belonging to the military reserves are given their assault rifles to keep with them at home, rather than store them in a central location. (Note that this is a relatively large percentage of the population.) I cannot provide primary or secondary sources to back this up, but if it's true, I wonder how they manage to keep things controlled so nicely. (Edit: Check out the Swiss Armed Forces website. The page this link goes to describes their compulsory service policy and IMPLIES that those whose duties require weapons keep them in their homes. I recognize it's weak evidence; if you can find anything that proves either way I'd be very interested in seeing it. Here's the link: [URL=http://www.vbs.admin.ch/internet/e/armee/auftr/index.htm]http://www.vbs.admin.ch/internet/e/armee/auftr/index.htm[/URL] .) [/QB][/QUOTE]
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