{"id":4768,"date":"2011-02-13T23:43:00","date_gmt":"2011-02-13T23:43:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/2011\/02\/13\/nein-non-no-na\/"},"modified":"2019-08-16T18:13:23","modified_gmt":"2019-08-16T18:13:23","slug":"nein-non-no-na","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/?p=4768","title":{"rendered":"Nein! Non! No! Na!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:18156,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.telegraph.co.uk\\\/news\\\/worldnews\\\/europe\\\/switzerland\\\/8321943\\\/Switzerland-votes-to-keep-guns.html&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:18157,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.chron.com\\\/disp\\\/story.mpl\\\/ap\\\/top\\\/all\\\/7425601.html&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20110218182652\\\/http:\\\/\\\/www.chron.com\\\/disp\\\/story.mpl\\\/ap\\\/top\\\/all\\\/7425601.html&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-21 18:49:08&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-21 18:49:08&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:18158,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.snowflakesinhell.com\\\/2011\\\/02\\\/13\\\/the-swiss-reject-stronger-gun-control&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p>Switzerland is a quad-lingual country if you count the infrequently spoken Romansch. The other official languages are German, French, and Italian.<\/p>\n<p>Regardless of the language, the voters of Switzerland have said &#8220;No&#8221; in today&#8217;s referendum to greater gun control.<\/p>\n<table align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"tr-caption-container\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/guns_1825217c.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"247\" src=\"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/guns_1825217c.jpg\" width=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center;\">Pro-gun campaign poster in Switzerland.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>A bit over 56% of the Swiss voters rejected attempts by a coalition of the Green Party, unions, pacifists, church groups, and NGO&#8217;s to force military weapons to be kept in armories. The referendum would have also created a gun registry and banned the sale of both full auto weapons and pump-action rifles.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/news\/worldnews\/europe\/switzerland\/8321943\/Switzerland-votes-to-keep-guns.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> A overwhelming majority of the cantons <\/a>&#8211; 20 out of 26 &#8211; were won by the pro-gun vote in this referendum. For a referendum to pass in Switzerland, both a majority of the cantons and a majority of the votes must be for it.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.chron.com\/disp\/story.mpl\/ap\/top\/all\/7425601.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Here is how the AP reported the results<\/a> of the vote.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><i>Neutral Switzerland is among the best-armed nations in the world, with more guns per capita than almost any other country except the United States, Finland and Yemen.<\/p>\n<p>At least 2.3 million weapons lie stashed in basements, cupboards and lofts in this country of less than 8 million people, according to the Geneva-based Small Arms Survey.<\/p>\n<p>On Sunday, Swiss voters made sure it stays that way, rejecting a proposal to tighten the peaceful Alpine nation&#8217;s relaxed firearms laws.<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>While gun rights forces won today,<a href=\"http:\/\/www.snowflakesinhell.com\/2011\/02\/13\/the-swiss-reject-stronger-gun-control\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> I think Sebastian is right<\/a> that the anti&#8217;s will be back. The membership of gun clubs is aging and younger voters were more likely to have voted for the gun restrictions proposed in the referendum.<\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Switzerland is a quad-lingual country if you count the infrequently spoken Romansch. 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