Gorilla800lbs

Low crime rates have nothing to do with government issued firearms (as both guns and ammo must be kept sealed), and are mostly attributable to high per-capita GDP/median family income, good education system, socially homogenous system, and so on. Also, I am not convinced that widespread availability of small arms materiel (or even the populace that is proficient with it) would really help Switzerland in case of a full-on invasion by a modern military force.

I don't want to inflame anyone by voicing an opinion that would go against the apparent sentiment of this thread, but shouldn't Ms. Graves done a little bit of gun laws research before traveling with her gun interstate, much less to a place like NYC? Her hometown people, in their interviews covered elsewhere on the web, say as much. No wonder NRA wouldn't wade into Ms. Graves's case - her "law abiding gun owner" image is currently suffering a certain flaw, namely the fact that she actually BROKE the law. I am an absolute novice to the firearms enthusiast scene, so my assumptions could very well be wrong, but I am assuming here that the ignorance of the law is NOT the kind of impression the gun advocates want to cultivate.