What the Swiss have

[Ray Dillinger]

On Fri, 20 Jul 2001 George at Orwellian.Org wrote:

>Sandman wrote:
>#
>#    The part I like is that the wording suggests that the writer 
>#    is surprises that a population can have a lot of guns and "yet 
>#    maintains a remarkably low homicide and armed crime rate."  Duh.
>
>A different society.
>
>It wouldn't work here.

People are surprising.  Even the most idiotic can show a grain 
of common sense once they realize that their accustomed prey is 
carrying.  I'd bet that, after an initial few killings, an 
amazingly polite and civil society would develop.

				Bear