Swiss Told to Arm Themselves

There is a funny picture going around social media of President Obama with the caption reading GUN SALESMAN OF THE CENTURY

Of course the more Obama talks about gun control (he's going to do it again this week), the more guns are sold.

Today we read that America isn't the only place where citizens feel compelled to arm themselves.

It would appear the people of Switzerland have been listening to their military leaders. Having recently been warned by the Swiss army chief of growing social unrest, SwissInfo reports applications for gun permits in Switzerland increased by 20% between 2014 and 2015, according to a survey conducted in 12 cantons. But while the army proposes "arm yourselves," Swiss crime prevention officialswarn against the false sense of security that guns bring.

Whereas in 2011 numerous people in Switzerland voluntarily gave up their firearms, today more and more people are purchasing guns.

Swiss army chief André Blattmann warned, "The threat of terror is rising, hybrid wars are being fought around the globe; the economic outlook is gloomy and the resulting migration flows of displaced persons and refugees have assumed unforeseen dimensions," adding that "Social unrest can not be ruled out."

He further recalled the situation around the two world wars in the last century and advised the people of Switzerland to arm themselves...

Here;  http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2016-01-01/gun-sales-surge-switzerland-army-chief-warns-arm-yourselves

"But Dennis, guns are bad!  Only the police should have them!  If someone comes to your house to cause you harm you should call the police and they will be right over to protect you!"

Yes the police will eventually come....but most of the time they won't come until AFTER the crime has been committed.

Guns are a good idea.  It's better to have one and not need it than to need one and not have it.