Requires all males from near-puberty to near-senility to enlist and constantly train for militia duty. Like Israel, which boasts one of the lowest homicide rates of any nation, the government issues all citizens firearms and expects them to be carried and cared for.
The Swiss also trust themselves with their tools: recreation-shooting is a popular pastime, viewed as honorable and the duty of a citizen. It's common for shooting ranges to be on rises of land with targets on other rises, highways and towns in the valley between.
An alpine area full of armed and competent citizen soldiers is why Switzerland hasn't been invaded in more than 200 years.
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Date: 2002-05-23 10:00 pm (UTC)The Swiss also trust themselves with their tools: recreation-shooting is a popular pastime, viewed as honorable and the duty of a citizen. It's common for shooting ranges to be on rises of land with targets on other rises, highways and towns in the valley between.
An alpine area full of armed and competent citizen soldiers is why Switzerland hasn't been invaded in more than 200 years.