@Walter Hinteler,
Walter Hinteler wrote:Well, perhaps you have to register etc firearms in Switzerland like in other European countries?
Not sure. I don't think I ever learned their registration laws.
I once learned their laws on what guns were allowed and what background checks were required though.
They ban semi-auto copies of full-auto weapons (meaning, I think, guns where the internal mechanism is so similar that the addition of a few small parts would convert a semi-auto to full-auto).
It was laws like that which prompted Glock to design their full-auto Glock 18 with an entirely different mechanism than their semi-auto Glock 17.
That rule probably bans most assault weapons in Switzerland, though a manufacturer could design an assault weapon with entirely different internals, like Glock did with their pistol, and have it pass muster.
Ex-militiamen have an exception to that rule. They are able to have their full-auto rifles converted to semi-auto, and then keep them as civilians after they leave military service.
Other than that, semi-autos and pump-action guns are allowed, if the buyer passes a background check.
Bolt-action rifles and double-barreled shotguns are available even without a background check.
It was about 10 years ago that I looked all that up, so they could have changed things around in the meantime (though I doubt they changed things very much).
One thing I like about Switzerland is, their militia is quite a bit like the one the Constitution demands that we have in America.
They don't send their militia outside their own borders, and their militiamen keep their automatic rifles in their own homes.
