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Take a look at that murder rates chart that Sonart posted.. Switzerland has a considerably smaller murder rate than the United States, but yet, Switzerland has one of the highest gun ownership rates in the world. Military training is mandatory for young men, and they keep their assault rifles at home.
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A nonsensical comparison because Switzerland lacks the violent crime, high population desity, etc, that the US cities do.
No, a far better country to use as a comparison is the UK. Which has large urban populations and comparable levels of violent crime.
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One of the reasons that Switzerland was not invaded by the Germans in World War 2 was because the whole country has military training and guns.
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Actually it was more because Switzerland offered Nazi Germany vast economic concessions and provided both the Allies and Axis powers an ideal diplomatic neutral zone. Nazi Germany never invaded because it wasn't in Nazi Germanys interest to invade.