The Swiss might be giving up their arms

[unreconstructed1]

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Tomahawk wrote:

I have never seen a credible source for that quote.

that's why I said "supposedly", because I haven't found a credible source yet either.

Itmay betrue that the Founders looked to Sw. for a militia model, but not for a form of government. The irony is that the US was, for a while at least, a freer place than Sw. in terms of personal liberty and property rights, even though our attempts to establish a militia system pretty much failed and, after WWII, were replaced by a standing army, which "conservatives" love but the founders despised.

and it was the military model to which I was referring. Make no mistake, the "great experiment", while modeled after Roman and Greek ideals, was a new creature unto itself.

 

[Alexcabbie]

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Supposedly or not, aand no matter who said it, the "rifle behind every blade of grass" saying is good advice that any would-be tyrant should find well worthy to heed.

 

[Grapeshot]

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Alexcabbie wrote:

Supposedly or not, aand no matter who said it, the "rifle behind every blade of grass" saying is good advice that any would-be tyrant should find well worthy to heed.

Still I have to wonder in this day and age how many would "stand and be counted" when the SHTF - how many would put their life where their mouth is.

Yata hey