Why Switzerland Has The Lowest Crime Rate In The World

[ChunkyMonkey]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6nf1OgV449g

Why Switzerland Has The Lowest Crime Rate In The World.

"The key to freedom is to be able to have the ability to defend yourself &, if you dont have the tools to do that, then you're going to be at the mercy of whomever wants to put you away."

[mutt]

"The key to freedom is to be able to have the ability to defend yourself &, if you dont have the tools to do that, then you're going to be at the mercy of whomever wants to put you away."

+1. A lot of people in this country need to get that through their thick heads. The Constitution and Bill of Rights are meaningless without the force of arms to back them up.

[Daniel_187]

Switzerland is not all peachs and cream, Ask Hannu

[jake]

Switzerland is not all peachs and cream, Ask Hannu

It's also chocolate and cuckoo clocks [/predictable]

Japan has a lower crime rate than Switzerland.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gun_politics#Japan

[theGinsue]

Japan has a lower crime rate than Switzerland.

Yeah, and they get to eat fish heads too. Yummmm.

[DOC]

Yeah, and they get to eat fish heads too. Yummmm.

American Dad said it best when he said "Do you know what we call fish heads and tail in America? Garbage."
Japanese people can't own a gun though. I would take a fighting chance with a little crime then a total ban on selfdefense with a firearm. I don't know if that's something we did after WWII or if normal poor people could own firearms. But I doubt it. Why? Because power hungry people in government have one thing in common no matter where they are. They want a monopoly on violence and want to use it as they see fit without questions.
I don't get it because I don't mind sharing.

[Byte Stryke]

It's also chocolate and cuckoo clocks [/predictable]

Japan has a lower crime rate than Switzerland.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gun_politics#Japan

Wow
Umm, Shouldn't that Read "Japan has a lower REPORTED crime rate than Switzerland."?

My Wife tells me that her Cousins living/working in Japan will go to the Yakuza instead of the LE because they actually want something to be done.

Just sayin

[Hoosier]

If I'm not mistaken (and a quick search didn't find any convincing statistics, but I only spent a few minutes)

Statistically, the largest correlation to crime is poverty. In non-passion crimes, and according to rational reasoning theory, someone with no assets and no prospects has substantially less to lose. It's a grim sort of risk/reward calculation of the pros and cons of committing a robbery.

H.

[jake]

Wow
Umm, Shouldn't that Read "Japan has a lower REPORTED crime rate than Switzerland."?

My Wife tells me that her Cousins living/working in Japan will go to the Yakuza instead of the LE because they actually want something to be done.

Just sayin

Yes, it should, I'm sorry. Japan and a lot of other countries all have a lower REPORTED crime rate than Switzerland. As other people have pointed out, crime rates are more about culture and demographics; I would be wary of trying to link liberal gun laws with lower crime rates, because our opponents could easily try turning it around the other way.