Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site dciem.UUCP Path: utzoo!dciem!mmt From: mmt@dciem.UUCP (Martin Taylor) Newsgroups: net.politics Subject: Re: handgun control Message-ID: <1255@dciem.UUCP> Date: Sun, 9-Dec-84 17:30:53 EST Article-I.D.: dciem.1255 Posted: Sun Dec 9 17:30:53 1984 Date-Received: Sun, 9-Dec-84 20:56:04 EST References: <245@gargoyle.UChicago.UUCP> <585@godot.UUCP>Reply-To: mmt@dciem.UUCP (Martin Taylor) Organization: D.C.I.E.M., Toronto, Canada Lines: 17 Summary: At various times in the discussion on gun control, someone brings up the fact that the law-abiding Swiss must keep military rifles at home in good condition. This is used as a counter-argument to the idea that people generally should not have guns. I found out yesterday that the ammunition for these guns must be kept in a sealed box which can be inspected at any time. If the seal has been broken without authorization, it is a severe court-martial offence. Whether suitable ammunition is readily available outside the military system, I have no idea. -- Martin Taylor {allegra,linus,ihnp4,floyd,ubc-vision}!utzoo!dciem!mmt {uw-beaver,qucis,watmath}!utcsrgv!dciem!mmt