New movie will make NRA ‘wish they weren’t alive,’ says Obama backer Weinstein

[billh58]

97. If you will notice, I pointed

out the differences in the two cultures in my original post: "same games, but very different cultures." Your Switzerland example is often used by NRA apologists, but a few facts are usually left out of the comparison:

"The Swiss army has long been a militia trained and structured to rapidly respond against foreign aggression. Swiss males grow up expecting to undergo basic military training, usually at age 20, after which Swiss men remain part of the "militia" in reserve capacity until age 30 (or age 34 for officers). Each such individual is required to keep his army-issued personal weapon (the 5.56x45mm Sig 550 rifle for enlisted personnel and/or the 9mm SIG-Sauer P220 semi-automatic pistol for officers, medical and postal personnel) at home.

When their period of service has ended, militiamen have the choice of keeping their personal weapon and other selected items of their equipment. In cases of retention, the rifle is sent to the weapons factory where the fully automatic function is removed; the rifle is then returned to the discharged owner as a semi-automatic or self-loading rifle.

To carry firearms in public or outdoors (and for an individual who is a member of the militia carrying a firearm other than his Army-issue personal weapons off-duty), a person must have a permit, which in most cases is issued only to private citizens working in occupations such as security."

Read more at http://www.snopes.com/politics/guns/switzerland.asp#8LK4MBRe0Pkpce6L.99

My post was in response to the myth that video games are responsible for gun violence in America -- they are not. The American gun culture is responsible for the preponderance of guns and gun violence in this country, and contributes to the USA being number one (by many thousands) in gun deaths and injuries year-after-year. The comparison between Japan (and Switzerland too) and the USA shows what is possible given the right set of guidelines and regulations, and should serve as a goal for Democrats in the reduction of gun violence in this nation.

Yes, you absolutely have the right to your opinion, and I respect that.