'As long as a man has another cartridge or hand weapon to use, he does not yield' Those
who would blithely abandon the greatest safeguard of liberty -- the right of the
individual citizen to keep and bear military-style arms -- aren't real strong on
consistency. |
for permit" -- because the citizens constitute the militia, the most powerful
armed force in any free state. |
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swallowed up most of everything on the continent but this tiny speck that Hitler called 'a pimple on the face of Europe.' The Fuhrer boasted that he would be 'the butcher of the Swiss,' but the Wehrmacht was dissuaded by a fully armed populace in the Alpine terrain. ... # # # "The Swiss federal
shooting festival, which remains the largest rifle competition in the world, was held in
Luzern in June 1939. Hitler's takeover of Austria and Czechoslovakia was complete, both
countries had been surrendered by tiny political elites who guaranteed that there would be
no resistance. Swiss President Philipp Etter spoke at the festival, stressing that
something far more serious than sport was the purpose of their activity. His comments
demonstrated the connection between national defense and the armed citizen: |
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Denmark's king surrendered the country after a meeting with the Nazis and
instructed his forces not to resist. Norway resisted, although 'unlike Switzerland' it had
no armed populace and was ill- prepared for combat. |
# # # "France
collapsed in June, 1940 after only a few weeks of fighting. Paris was taken without a shot
being fired. The Nazis promptly proclaimed the death penalty for possession of firearms in
France and other occupied countries. |
cartridge or hand weapons to use, he does not yield. ..." |
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Vin Suprynowicz is the assistant editorial page editor of the Las Vegas Review-Journal. Readers may contact him via e-mail at vin@lvrj.com. The web site for the Suprynowicz column is at http://www.nguworld.com/vindex/. The column is syndicated in the United States and Canada via Mountain Media Syndications, P.O. Box 4422, Las Vegas Nev. 89127. § § § |
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