Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/10/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Anders, I made the statement. I taught at the University of Lund in 1954 and 1955 and at that time reservists kept their weapons at home. I'm glad to see that things have changed. Conditioned by Ingmar Bergman movies, the presence of submachine guns in closets always made me nervous in a land with so much winter angst. Regards, Larry Z On Oct 22, 2006, at 4:54 PM, Anders wrote: >> In Sweden and Israel, countries with universal >> military service, reservists keep assault rifles and machine guns in >> their closets at home. I have not noticed that either country has a >> pathological homicide problem. The culture is the problem, not the >> quantity of guns. >> > > The quoting is a bit unclear, so I don't know who made the statement > about Sweden, but I think he made the traditional mistake of confusing > Sweden with Switzerland. > In Sweden we do NOT keep military weapons at home. But I remember > seeing somewhere that Sweden has a very high number of guns per > capita, > but it is only for hunting.