Here is what is required to get to keep a gun at the end of military service or to buy a gun, in Switzerland:
- weapon acquisition permit
- valid official identification
- residence address
- criminal record copy not older than 3 months
Sounds a lot like what Republicans are trying to require here to vote, but are refusing to even discuss for gun ownership. And if you want to transfer a weapon or essential weapon component to someone else, you need a written contract that includes:
- family name, first name, birth date, residence address and signature of the person who sells the weapon or essential weapon component
- family name, first name, birth date, residence address and signature of the person who purchases the weapon or an essential weapon component
- kind of weapon, manufacturer or producer, label, caliber, weapon number, and date and place of transfer
- type and number of official identification of the person who acquires the weapon or the essential weapon component
- an indication of the processing of personal data in connection with the contract in accordance with the privacy policy of the Federation or the cantons, if firearms are transmitted
Yeah, the Swiss model would never fly here. As an anti-party, independent moderate I can see potential in the Swiss model, but I, like the plurality of Americans, have no representation and thus no say in the matter, so what do I know.
