Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/10/23

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Subject: [Leica] Switzerland, not Sweden
From: rangefinder at screengang.com (Didier Ludwig)
Date: Mon Oct 23 13:30:26 2006
References: <200610222054.k9MKrmXW062596@server1.waverley.reid.org> <0D8DF92F-4205-4078-8036-0732DEC51873@optonline.net>

Sweden and Switzerland are often mixed up in the USA (and other places). The 
last time I was there, I've heard things like "You're from Switzerland? I 
have an aunt in Stockholm."

In Switzerland the milice army members, and that's almost all between 20 and 
42, have their arm at home, and often keep it after their service. Don't 
know how it's in Sweden.

It is extremely rare these weapons are used for criminal acts (gangsters 
usually do not use a Sturmgewehr 90), but are sometimes involved in familiar 
tragedys and suicide cases. That's a reason why it is an actual political 
topic whether this system should change or not.

Didier





In reply to: Message from lrzeitlin at optonline.net (Lawrence Zeitlin) ([Leica] Re: Switzerland, not Sweden)