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I'm not Swiss, but a quick peruse of Wikipedia says that this is no longer the case except for ~ 2,000 specialist militia members at any given time - the Swiss

I'm not Swiss, but a quick peruse of Wikipedia says that this is no longer the case except for ~ 2,000 specialist militia members at any given time - the Swiss keep their militia-issued firearms in the home but ammunition is kept in government armouries. You can purchase your militia firearm after your service has ended but it must be converted to semi-automatic and you have to apply for a permit - a semi-automatic firearm would fall under the "may-issue" permits which requires justification for why you need said firearm, and it seems that ammunition falls under the same rules. It'd be great if a Swiss person could chime in since I don't know anything more than what I've gleaned from this article. [0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firearms_regulation_in_Switzerland#Army-issued_arms_and_ammunition_collection https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firearms_regulation_in_Switzer...

bell-cot 4y ago
That (having ammunition at home, or not, for various parts of their forces) sounds like a detail which would be relatively easy to dial up or down, depending on the Swiss Dept. of Defense's current assessment of the threat level...
- merely-unlikely 4y ago
  Up until recently (here's an article from 2014 [1]), the Swiss still had explosives near major bridges just in case of attack. They seem to have taken home defense rather seriously in more than one way. "Until now, hundreds of key roads and bridges across Switzerland have held stores of explosives for use in the event of invasion. The policy was developed during the Cold War, because of fears of an attack by Warsaw Pact countries, eight communist states of Central and Eastern Europe." [1]https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/cold-war-defence_army-to-find-and-dispose-of-hidden-explosives/41120604 https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/cold-war-defence_army-to-find-a...

bell-cot 4y ago

That (having ammunition at home, or not, for various parts of their forces) sounds like a detail which would be relatively easy to dial up or down, depending on the Swiss Dept. of Defense's current assessment of the threat level...

merely-unlikely 4y ago
Up until recently (here's an article from 2014 [1]), the Swiss still had explosives near major bridges just in case of attack. They seem to have taken home defense rather seriously in more than one way. "Until now, hundreds of key roads and bridges across Switzerland have held stores of explosives for use in the event of invasion. The policy was developed during the Cold War, because of fears of an attack by Warsaw Pact countries, eight communist states of Central and Eastern Europe." [1]https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/cold-war-defence_army-to-find-and-dispose-of-hidden-explosives/41120604 https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/cold-war-defence_army-to-find-a...