Switzerland’s Responsible Gun Nuts Pt. 2 | The Daily Show

Michael Kosta heads to the world’s largest annual shooting festival to find out how Switzerland can love guns so much yet have such a low rate of gun-related crimes.
Part 1 of Michael Kosta's report on Swiss gun culture: bit.ly/2CXLH9N
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[@1972Georges]

I'm 46. Swiss. You have to understand that here in Switzerland, we do not have homeless people on the streets. Everybody is given the opportunity to make a living. We have mandatory Health insurance for everybody. Even unemployed people are included. The government takes care of it in case you can't afford it. This all ensures we do not have gangs /that many criminals. So no need to use arms to rob banks a.s.o.

[@Poppacap79]

Georges Braun as long as there is profitability in people being poor, USA won’t change.

[@be_cracked8212]

True, it is not just about the gun laws. The whole social support structures are more... Well, social. Poverty and social injustice is the even bigger root cause of the violence. The guns just make that violence worse.

[@DirkAustin]

In short, life is good unlike in shithole america.

[@1972Georges]

@@Poppacap79 I guess you guys have to understand that you only can be sucessfull when everybody has a decent life. Mandatory health care for instance. The more people have to suffer the more they tend to become criminals.

[@1972Georges]

@@be_cracked8212 fully agree.

[@jostimantatarigan7657]

an ex-president sitting around drunk people with guns. That alone says a lot.

[@sebastiankobialka4071]

without security

[@DramaQueenMalena]

I live less than a mile away from our government building. I see politicians in public transportation, in restaurants, on the street. We had presidents that used their bike to go to work. As we are a semi-direct democracy (we vote 4 times a year - every three months - on the most important bills) and we have proportional representation (we elect parties and their ideas, not people) the politicians are not so important. Most of the people do only now some names and wouldn't even recognize them.

[@TONDUR]

That is Bull Shit that everyone is Drunk. they are having a few beers. that's all. And NO, it is not allowed to shoot if they have a drink too much . This too is a law.

[@klasketp7234]

Jos Timanta Tarigan our president arrives to work on bike, :)

[@Braun30]

Between sober and drunk there are various stages of consumption of alcoholic drinks, to drink doesn't mean to get drunk.

[@SovietLoveChild]

Switzerland in a nutshell: "Well that's your problem." 🤣

[@philippbobkaufmann4004]

Good old Sämi Schmid. He was from rather too conservative a party for my taste, but he was a great federal councillor / president. And he has a sense of humour!

[@22-narendraputra77]

That 1 sentence is litterally them during every world war and other problems relating to war

[@user-mf7li2eb1o]

Omegalul😂

[@theeternalcheerleader7154]

@Brad king NO truer words have been spoken! Wars of today are BS and only about greed, control and power.

[@zacheryjequinto7259]

Here in America, if it's your problem, we'll make it our problem.

[@MiketheNerdRanger]

Only in Switzerland can someone say, "oh don't worry, *they're shooting.* "

[@Freezee]

Mike, TheAnimated 😂😂😂

[@FUBBA]

go to mexico lol

[@FUBBA]

they got knights belt feds in mexico full auto C4 claymores mines and shit out there all day and no cops give a fuck

[@Leenapanther]

When someone says "I go to a shooting" they mean a foto shooting.

[@gulinp1]

actually in most of the Europe all shooting related words are connected with words like " hunting and sports". Usa.... on other hand....

[@DifferentKindofGlam]

"That's your problem." 🍻

[@firapuroki4571]

DifferentKindofGlam crack me up that one...

[@TylerBaraby]

That's a million-dollar t-shirt design right there.

[@sujimtangerines]

Legit LOLd at that and scared the dog.

[@FeyTheBin]

It's definitely the most Swiss answer I've ever heard in my life.

[@allflying3]

Aah, typical Swiss answer.

[@alexanderjennings1494]

Seeing someone with an Assault Rifle in a train in other Countries: OMG he’s gonna shoot us!!! In Switzerland: Ha, that poor fool has to go to the army

[@wicked_mantis_shrimp]

Alexander Jennings 😂😂😂

[@lorenzovonmatterhorn3961]

Hahahahah so true😂

[@edipires15]

France and Belgium : just a soldier patrolling

[@Mr._Tony]

Alexander Jennings: Or just on the way to his shooting range for some training

[@Mr._Tony]

Dias06: Yes every regular soldier will be issued a SIG-550, locally called Sturmgewehr 90, the special forces get the shorter commando version. Officers get a pistol too. Basically every Swiss male go to the army, with exceptions for medical or mental situations.

[@TheHilltopperNation]

“Do you ever take your gun to school?” “No, we’re not American” That was kinda dark burn by that kid😂

[@bhaskarbharali5853]

That wound would never heal fully. He will carry it the rest of his life.

[@user-qp9uc9xx8d]

This is why teachers tell us to be nice when the american english teacher comes to teach us

[@wiryantirta]

so does that mean they get to enjoy that song from Foster the People ironically or un-ironically?

[@zhint9355]

Wiryan Tirtarahardja they think its about sneakers

[@EB-du3vh]

So it’s not the guns fault? Ain’t that something?

[@raelcruz5909]

"You don't bring your guns to school?" "NO!" "Why not?" "because we're not americans." Damn!

[@amirinkhairudin1]

It's more precise than that, he said "we don't American"

[@rustinusti]

Actually, he said "we do not are American." I'm assuming it's because they do not use the auxiliary verb "do" in French or German (or any language besides English and the Celtic languages, at that). As a result, Swiss children learning English have to be taught to insert "do" and "don't" before verbs, but perhaps this kid is a beginner and does not know the exceptions with do/don't.

[@stefanfitze3994]

@@rustinusti correct.

[@DasdeutschesBand]

In all fairness...americans dont generally bring their guns to school. Or do they…?

[@Nim...]

@@DasdeutschesBand *coughsomedocough*

[@johan.ohgren]

How many accidents you've had? -Nein. Nine? -No, nein. Zero.

[@NKA23]

German tourist: I´d like to order a drink. Please give me a glass of gin. Barkeeper: Dry? German tourist: No, one!

[@SwissBloke]

*Nei

[@EtherealStrife]

@@NKA23 Swiss Tourist: No ICE!

[@Maja-vo4yb]

EtherealStrife that was me in the US. The ice always made my drinks taste like chlorine.

[@Briselance]

NEIN ! NEIN ! NEIN ! *Untergang KZbin poops*

[@bunchoffuckingbullshit5482]

There is a HUGE difference between "respecting" your firearm and "worshiping" it.

[@barebest6043]

Yup. I grew up in a house with some serious hardware: Machine guns, hand grenades, pistols, normal submachine guns. But I also knew why they were there: Both my parents had been in the resistance during the nazi occupation and they did not want to be caught empty-handed again. We never worshipped that kit. Like the Swiss, we knew it was there. Period. Not for personal protection, though - we had two great danes. They were a hell of a lot more efficient than a pistol.

[@day-me-inmoodley3283]

Americans get sexually excited about guns.

[@hunternolasco2544]

@@day-me-inmoodley3283 fuck yeah i do lol

[@kethanraman944]

Well in this video that point was not illustrated as the kids were literally saying how they loved shooting.

[@veemon9280]

Most Americans cannot even accept that a gun is a weapon...they get offended when you say that. If they respected the fact that a gun is a WEAPON ! then we would be somewhat on the right track

[@lioneldm5130]

A french joke: a french guy talks about weapon with a swiss guy. So, you can have a gun? Yes! And you can have munitions too? Yes, of course! So why don't you make a revolution? Because it's forbiden.

[@Stellar-Cowboy]

LMAO I'm French I that's so true

[@sadigov]

Sheep cannot revolt. Swiss revolt is an oxymoron.

[@Stellar-Cowboy]

@@sadigov lol swiss are not sheep they're just courteous and follow rules.

[@sadigov]

William Taffouraud Agree. Just like the sheep (sheep are nice!)

[@lioneldm5130]

@@sadigov don't forget that Switzerland is the birthplace of anarchosocialism. The first antiauthoritarian worker's association meeting took place in Saint Imier, with Bakunin, James Guillaume and many more. Lenin lived for a while in Zürich and Geneva, and at the begining of the 20th century, anarchosyndicalism was very strong in Geneva. The rich people want us to think swiss people are sheep, but it's moving..

[@yorshkadarkmoon9365]

"Why should I listen to this old drunk?" "I ... was president for five years" LOL, laugh so hard.

[@rosiemorrison6281]

Saber Lily he really was though. It‘s Samuel Schmid

[@yorshkadarkmoon9365]

@@rosiemorrison6281 I know. It's just the plot twist is so dramatic.

[@riccardos2955]

He knew who he was, i drunk beer with multiple Politicians at the Volksschiessen events.

[@cubix626]

Loved how the former president has a sense of humor

[@thekatanaist]

I love how one can just bump into a former president at an event.

[@ariankehrein4443]

cubix626 it is, the current ones are around sometimes too. The thing is, we donˋt have "a" president, the job is done by a council of 7 people and made up of people from different parties, from left to right on the political spectrum. But I guess explaining that would not make sense in such a piece.

[@Widestone001]

@@thekatanaist The president here in Switzerland is one of 7 equals in the federal council. They all are the head of a specific department, much like a CEO who answers to the owners of the company. In this case, the owner is us - the people. In referendums the 7 members of the federal council have their vote like everyone else, but nothing more. Granted, they make the policies that the people then decide on, giving them a measure of power - but nothing like in the U.S.A. (where the power, as we've been learning lately, is also more spread out than I thought...) Um, back to the presidency. That's mainly an additional job that rotates yearly, every member of the council gets to be president if they manage to stay long enough. Every 4 years all members need to be re-elected, which is mostly a formality. But if an individual councilor screwed up in their 4 years, they may well be replaced. The important part is that the president represents Switzerland as a whole, not their own agenda. There is always a bit of wiggle room there, but not very much as far as I know. So, Trump has happened here too a couple of years ago. The differences were that ours was highly educated and actually knew his stuff and that his views, which were more on the extreme right, were watered down significantly by the rest of the council. Then he got thrown out after his first 4 years. The big political scandal was that parts of his party broke off to form a new, more moderate splinter which still exists today - 12 years later. And nobody talks about that anymore because there is no need. :-)

[@savmax09]

"That's your problem", that really was funny

[@a2falcone]

There is a "President". But it's just a protocolar title that rotates yearly among the members of the Federal Council.

[@emmbeesea]

The true documented process for making authentic Swiss cheese.

[@cb7234]

And it gets smoked at the same time

[@carholic-sz3qv]

@@cb7234 the best comment here hands down

[@cathsaigh2197]

The guy was shaking his head because it's not swiss cheese if the holes are made by an american.

[@MrNextMx]

Anime pic name?

[@lbthingsstuffmore9513]

Now that was funny!👏👏

[@lauraveapi3840]

This president came to our highschool and had a beer with me when I was 18, when he was still a president 😂👌🇨🇭🍻

[@Leenapanther]

Why do you call him president when you're from Switzerland?😂

[@lauraveapi3840]

@@Leenapanther we have a president, duh. 🤦🏻‍♀️ BUNDESPRÄSIDENT. Président de la Confédération, mon ami. Just because he/she changes every year and has no real power, does not change the fact that he/she is called president. At the moment we have a female president, Simonetta Sommaruga. She PRESIDES over the Bundesrat, a group of seven ministers that form the executive branch. Primus inter pares, amico. *it is called education: get some* 🤦🏻‍♀️

[@p.f.886]

@@Leenapanther _bruh_ imagine thinking the only president in the world is the one of the USA xD

[@MrAudienceMember2662015]

p. f. The only idiot president in the world is the current US president, 2017 - 2021, trump.

[@lauraveapi3840]

@@MrAudienceMember2662015 calling that thing president is a stretch 😂

[@te0nani]

How many Accidents? "NEIN!" I see German speakers living up to the meme everywhere.

[@hommedterre1]

I am German and I find your comment absolutely hilarious.

[@retina8786]

nice one, greetings from Zurich XD

[@muhammadjahidhasan9457]

​@@hommedterre1 I am no German, but wasn't she suppose to say "kein" instead of "nein" when she was asked to give a quantitative value of gun violations.

[@hommedterre1]

@@muhammadjahidhasan9457 Grammatically you are right. However in "Umgangsprache" or daily conversation it is quite possible that people interchange it. Depending upon the country, the dialect or for that matter , the situation.

[@peterparker2620]

@@muhammadjahidhasan9457 Maybe she heard 'Are there mass shootings' instead of 'how many mass shootings are there, but still as said above, both can be used

[@pichchoco7866]

That’s your problem... No... we are not Americans... The burn is so intense in the part 2....

[@sammiebeeyah8070]

I swear

[@pichchoco7866]

Stage or not it’s still burn...

[@pichchoco7866]

It’s satirical... so in your defense every art form is either stage or fake...

[@kaycapps]

J. D. This is commonly how Swiss talk about American gun culture (Source: American living in Switzerland)

[@vincente515]

@@pichchoco7866 he thinks all news are fake too.

[@barneyli6851]

"we have beer, la la la la, and pu pu pu pu." those are the most friendly, gun-loving dudes

[@gallowglass3764]

@@loshakopija whoa. U and i know very different Americans.

[@mynameismynameis666]

me too, i know a few that went on holiday to europe and never returned because they found the lack of shootings so relaxing... @@gallowglass3764

[@gallowglass3764]

@@mynameismynameis666 opposite for me. Spent some time in England, and enjoyed my return to America. I found the lack of stabbings very relaxing.

[@b.elzebub9252]

2:43 The moment I fell in love with Switzerland.. There is something incredibly wholesome, beautiful and poetic about some random old dude drinking beer, and casually mentioning he used to be the president. No visible security. No big entourage.

[@sornduskryn]

He wasn't, technically speaking, the president but a Bundesrat. We don't have a president in Switzerland but our executive branch consists of 7 Bundesräte, each being a more like a minister for some resorts. There is the Bundespräsident (President of the Federation) that is the head of the Bundesrat but he has no more power than the other Bundesräte, he has the additional duty to lead the meetings of the government and some representative tasks.

[@SH1974]

@@sornduskryn In 2005, he was Bundespräsident. Although this title gives not more political power than the other 6 Bundesräte (councils) have, it is the highest office that someone can exercise in Switzerland. So technically speaking, HE IS a former president of Switzerland.

[@Mad_Flavor]

@@SH1974 no thats not true. The ''Nationalratspräsident'' is the highest office you can exercise in Switzerland. Even the ''Bundeskanzler'' is higher than a ''Bundesrat''. But yes, just formally

[@SH1974]

​@@Mad_FlavorThe Bundesrat / federal Council (7 people) is the highest executive in Switzerland, above the Nationalrat. Conclusion: The Bundespräsident (one of those 7) is what come closest to other countries "Presidents". The Federal Chancellor (Bundeskanzler) just supports the Federal Council in their daily business (bring coffee and so, lol) he's not not part of the executive.

[@uconnjames]

Switzerland is the richest countries in the world in terms of net income per capita. Swiss people are well taken care of by the government. Happy people means safe society. The US government spent trillions of dollars making wars across the globe. I think it's time for the US government to invest in its citizen to make US a safer place.

[@owenbunny4023]

what do they produce tho? swiss cheess?

[@adub7524]

@@owenbunny4023 That's not the point. They're one of the best countries to live, and one of the most richest countries in the world.

[@Andrew-dj1qy]

It’s also basically exclusively white so of course

[@MarioDarnadi]

@@Andrew-dj1qy its not exclusive... what they should drag black and asian people there because America is Racist ? in EU you can live everywhere no matter what color you are you wont be on wait list for 6fucking years if you submit everything as you should. like in USA just because you are from Iran. Americans love to project the racism they fuel to other countries....

[@DusteeRB]

@@Andrew-dj1qy Extremely wrong. We have an immigration rate of almost 25%

[@osasu_ehigiator]

I‘m swiss and swear to god not all of us speak English this bad !!!

[@SpideyDee]

I second that! Most Swiss people I've met speak excelent English. Euer Deutsch andererseits...

[@andrewlyon4495]

I'm American and most of us speak neither French nor German, so don't worry.

[@PreparationH67]

Hell, in America too many of the native borns can barely speak English :(

[@the_bottomfragger]

Yep, I was horrified as well lol Especially the younger generation speaks it pretty well.

[@Iskelderon]

Well, not everything about Tobleronistan can be perfect! ;)

[@Acelovingchoice]

I love how the president just said, that's your problem. 😂

[@rock3tcatU233]

I think that he was just too drunk to care.

[@schwebor]

Samuel schmid was a federal council (switzerland is governed by a 7 headed council of equals, the president is one of them and it rotates every year. The president is only a primus inter pares and has a representative function.

[@jasonwilliamtjandra]

@@schwebor now former federal council.

[@schwebor]

@@jasonwilliamtjandra thats why i wrote was and not is.... this is why i used the past.

[@jasonwilliamtjandra]

@@schweboryup

[@theoneandonlybloop4869]

Don't ever call a Sturmgewehr 90 an AR-15

[@bibilegros1828]

It's a fass 90.... effing Swiss germans

[@theoneandonlybloop4869]

bibi legros A „fass 90“ is just an unpopular and unused term for the „sturmgewehr 90“ or „SIG 550“

[@somebody7569]

Hell ya my boyy

[@eddgrs9193]

@@bibilegros1828 I see what you did there :)

[@Khobotov]

@@theoneandonlybloop4869 Of course all the french speaking swiss can think of is to open another "Fass". Pretty much sums up every army service ever.

[@ydela1961]

Why do you have gun? Swiss: To have fun, to shoot at things. US: To defend myself, to shoot at people.

[@julienz2024]

Most Swiss people don't even want a gun, but they have to have one at home (without bullets) because of mandatory army.

[@julienz2024]

@Godon Gurando is another T-800 OK Switzerland and US are not Vietnam, bro

[@QemeH]

@Godon Gurando is another T-800 OK Dou you know the podcast "Well, there's your problem"? The following is according to you: - you have methheads - you have PCP idiots - both of those have guns - people have smuggled guns See a pattern here? It's not a question if you have guns or not - it's about how you treat them. Obviously a polpulation high on narcotics with smuggled guns isn't going to follow any rules. But that won't change by you having guns - or not. You need to adress the problems. Change your socio-economic landscape and give addicts proper treatment, reduce drugs and support users, crack down on illegal guns. Maybe... just maybe... if people are well off, well educated and ... well (both mentally and physically) - maybe you wouldn't have so many people shot. Without a single change in gun laws...

[@CaptainFalcon]

Switzerland has universal healthcare, college, pre k; paid vacation, medical and family leave, sick leave; unions, strict regulations on guns, and a trusted government. Of course they can make things work, they're smart.

[@erfanashkan5925]

switzerland actualy doenst have universal healthcare.

[@CaptainFalcon]

They do, its a regulated private one that still guarantees you a right to healthcare, if you can't afford it the government helps out.

[@AIWARAS619]

@@erfanashkan5925 Not in the strictest definition of the word, no. But they have a system where those who can afford it pays for it and those who can not are assisted by the government so they would not need to die on the streets like dogs.

[@Cinnuhminn]

Captain Falcon “Those delusional communists !! MAGA” The fellow American conservatives would say

[@devinmallard6463]

@Freako VEVO As a regular republican I'm fine with that

[@Silkendrum]

This is what's meant by a "well-regulated militia".

[@erinhaury5773]

Hear hear!

[@kali2593]

The well-regulated militia came from the state providing their own military. At the time the federal government did not have their own military. The seating of the first Congress on 4 March 1789, legislation to create a military defense force stagnated as they focused on other concerns relevant to setting up the new government. President George Washington went to Congress to remind them of their duty to establish a military twice during this time. Finally, on the last day of the session, 29 September 1789, Congress created the War Department, historic forerunner of the Department of Defense. The War Department handled naval affairs until Congress created the Navy Department in 1798. So the Constitution was ratified June 21, 1788. The second amendment main purpose the states legals rights to protect itself. After the creation of the military the second amendment became pointless. Until a case in 2000s change the definition of the second amendment and what it meant to the people have the right to bear arms and protect themselves.

[@kali2593]

@@Medowokha-bp5lq I spent 5 hours listening to interviews of survivors of the atomic bomb attack on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Listening on how these survivors saw dead bodies of women and children. Seeing people who've skin peeled off their bodies and eyes falling out of ppl head. I really don't give a crap what you think of me.

[@kali2593]

Medovukha you must be so happy to call ppl you don't know stupid online. I read about how people died all the time because I am doing a report on their deaths. Your life must be so boring and safe that you have time to call ppl stupid and that it. Your life must be so boring that calling me stupid is the highlight of your day. Have a great day man. I wish you the best.

[@ssach7]

@@kali2593 You're tough because you heard some people talk about dark shit? I saw people being gunned down on the streets of my city and on the beach. 1 of friends got gunned down, 2 of my friends got tortured by the dictator's secret police, and 1 had to flee the country. I had to fight the police too and live in the most dangerous city of the world with machineguns blasting on the distance every night before bed. Don't be a fucking pussy with manufactured experiences, you're lucky and you dont need bad shit happening to you for your opinion to matter

[@ianngoh842]

3:43 "My Little brother could do better" OOOOOOOOOHHHH THAT BURN

[@homo-sapiens-dubium]

I remember that moment I took the train to army service, had to be in the uniform and take with me all the luggage and gun of course (no amo of course). Had to go to the restroom after some hours and had to take my gun with me (better not lose it, or military prison), I dont know who was more scared when I entered a nearly empty wagon with some indian tourists, me or them, they nearly jumped to the celing and I needed a few moments to realize why.

[@ck4131]

Because in India gun laws are very strict if they found a gun anywhere they will just run away

[@hommedterre1]

Ich liebe deine Kurzgeschichte. Waere ich dabei ich haette wahrscheilich in meine Hose gepinkelt :-D

[@Oberkommando]

Same here in Austria when I had to drive to another military base by car and it was a long drive so midway i had to use a restroom. I explicitly asked my superiors whether I could leave the gun in the car while using the gas station restroom and they said "no you take the gun everywhere you go". So I had to walk into the gas station with a Steyr AUG around my shoulders and a Glock in my holster. Super weird feeling to say the least.

[@udraj914]

yeah we would freak out if we saw a gun carried in the open, except if you are in uniform.

[@Naryoril]

Actually a few years ago i went to the Eidgenössische Feldschiessen and i was shooting (for the first time in my life) just 2 meters away from the then current president of Switzerland, and there was no security around.

[@benzaiten933]

I live in Berne and you often see the politicians and also Bundesräte on the streets and restaurants around the Bundeshaus with zero security. and why would there be any security anyway? they're perfectly safe.

[@Tracymmo]

@@benzaiten933 Same in places like Norway and New Zealand. As an American I envy that.

[@e.hanker193]

Because at the end of the day, nothing would be gained by harming the federal council members. They're not as powerful as a president or even a prime minister in other countries.

[@Kevin-fj5oe]

When you're surrounded by a conscript that can shoot gun effectively, you don't need bodyguards

[@ducheswannabe]

Switzerland is American dream done properly...

[@torben4741]

Perhaps when it comes to guns, not so much when it comes to interfering with other countries.

[@jskueffer]

duchesswannabe Exactly - having both citizenships 🇨🇭🇺🇸, I can attest to that. So glad we moved back before this POS took over and running the country to the ground!

[@Radikall37]

@@isakbd3450 where did you get these infos? 25% of the population of Switzerland isn't swiss. So tell me about "Far right, homogenous state" smh. And by the way i'm swiss, so i know what i'm talking about.

[@lucaslayton3974]

@@isakbd3450 you must be American.

[@spinz8]

This is far from the American dream. How many different nationalities did you see in this clip?

[@baflabies]

There are cows chiling around blinke while ppl are shooting. Even the animals know thay arent getting shot!

[@squiffyclips1991]

I'm Swiss and it's way more that makes our country safe than our gun laws. It's a tiny country of prosperity. But also with strong social structures that holds the society together.

[@cegesh1459]

Yes but we still have the most gun deaths in all of western Europe

[@squiffyclips1991]

@@jovankaynak2159 Di fragt aber o niemer

[@squiffyclips1991]

@@jovankaynak2159 vo sinnlosem gelaber bini idr regel eher amüsiert als aapisst. drum, voll Ok

[@kakebukkake]

Aside the fact that Switzerland has a far better social welfare system to protect and help the weak, disabled and poor as well as no history involving slavery which lead to great inequality and injustice, the intention of owning guns was always completly different in these two countries. In America guns were historically always used to protect YOURSELF against criminals, natives, wild animals etc. So everyone has the mindset that anyone around is a potential threat. In Switzerland we own historically guns to protect OURSELVES against foreign powers. You trust your neighbours because the idea was never to use a gun against him but to fight side by side together against foreign powers.

[@1972Georges]

Very well written!

[@alexanderchristopher6237]

So, it's John Wayne and the Wild West?

[@Tracymmo]

Exactly! National defense, not defense against the nation.

[@Braun30]

One aspect also is the fact that Willy nilly Switzerland has and is confronting many of the mistakes of our past. Child labour, separation of children from "problematic parents" and so on. Only by going such a process can we really improve. In many other countries the "state narrative" hides problems that lurk beneath the cold ashes.

[@albertlevert5725]

Well, the no slavery part is kind of semi true. I guess as a „Verdingching“ life wasn‘t much fun either. They were basically slaves, just not members of an other race.

[@JevPrivate]

This is a comedy show. Why is news from here have more context and substance that the real news. Someone please please explain this to me.

[@peter_meyer]

because only bad news is good news nowadays. "Bad News" = clicks/viewers = (higher) advertising money. Watching bad things happening to others helps us getting over bad things happening to us. A bad correlation.

[@RandomSwiftie13]

Because American politics news is became comedy mostly because of Trump...

[@Sig4ty]

That`s not Trumps fault. It`s the fault of the ones who runs the Media or the ones who pay them. US Propaganda is a Problem to, but I would`nt say that is its just Trumps fault.

[@lefenec]

@@Sig4ty Exactly, Trump is more of a symptom

[@m4tr4themaster]

It has been like this for a while now. One can watch comedians to inform oneself bout the world and watch the news to hear jokes(bad ones).

[@hammad8954]

you don't take your gun to school? Swiss kid : we're not american ooooof

[@coolermann6233]

"Thats your problem" Actually, yes. It is

[@Khobotov]

Pretty sober response and on point.

[@99smite]

All this because Switzerland has sensible gun laws. And they can take their service rifles home. But there are much more things to consider, not only gun laws. Education level in Switzerland is far higher than in the USA, where people in the bible belt teach bronze age superstition in school. Further, people in Switzerland are on average far wealthier than in the USA. All this combined leads to a society where people discuss openly different political issues, rather peacefully, I might say... Hopp Schwyyz

[@dasprojekt2049]

Actually if you compare the PPP (Purchase power parity) Switzerland isnt much wealthier than usa, but inequality is much lower, which means less poor and less obscene wealthy people. Every other point is true though. On low level education they suck much harder than any other 1. World country.

[@bryanfong1023]

Mental health, bro. Mental health.

[@Phantomagix]

Looks like, in reality, Switzerland is the "American dream", where everyone is treated equal, everyone has the same opportunities, all have access to education, health, chocolate...

[@mellosays]

@@samuelcacnio9548 Sorry, but cultural diversity should not create tension, and you cannot say that European countries are not culturally diverse. Among so many problems in the US are low level of education and social inequality. This is what causes tension.

[@transsylvanian9100]

@@dasprojekt2049 Exactly. It's not about total wealth, it's about how it's distributed. The more economically equal people are, the less motivation there is to commit crimes for monetary gain.

[@TNM001]

It's not just about gun laws, thats only one part of it. The other part is: ppl have a good life to lose if they f* up. You can't have 40% of poor ppl with nothing to lose in a country and give them free arms access...thats just a deathwish. In a society where you don't have a wish to harm another because that one will give you a helping hand if you are down, thats a society where you don't have to fear a thing from anybody. But that doesn't fit the competitive "me against the world" attitude many deem normal.

[@Mexximillion]

"How many accidents have happened here?" "Nein."

[@ShovelChef]

2:08 - 😐... That beer tray is gorgeous. Wow. What a perfect one-handed design.

[@everythingisaworkinprogres5729]

Right! And I don't even drink.

[@eaubert1]

That old man with the moustache was Samuel Schmid, a former federal councilor. So yes, Michael Kosta was hanging with a former member of Switzerland's executive branch. Also: the Swiss don't wear "Lederhosen"! That's just something the Bavarians and Austrians wear.

[@molodezhnaja]

Thank you, had to scroll down a bit for the Lederhosen. Funny side note: this was the first time I've seen good old Sämi in a video - and it was an American one :)

[@reklamedamereloaded]

True! I thought the same thing. And I'm very glad that you made the distiction between "Bavarians" and "Germans". Greetings from a German woman in Berlin, who is not wearing a Dirndl right now...

[@o.b.7217]

Google "Appenzeller Sennentracht". www.appenzellerlinks.ch/Appenzellerland/Fotogalerien/album/Viehschau/slides/Schmuckvolle%20Appenzeller%20Sennentracht.jpg

[@eaubert1]

@@o.b.7217 …. the Appenzeller Sennentracht consists either of long elegant pants or yellow "culottes" with white stockings. The traditional "Lederhosen" have the length of shorts that don't go over the knee, suspenders and are made of - well, you've guessed it - leather!

[@eaubert1]

@@reklamedamereloaded …. hey reklamedame! Ja, die Amerikaner haben keine Ahnung von den regionalen "Trachten" im deutschsprachigen Raum. Die Schweiz Österreich, Deutschland ist irgendwie alles dasselbe bei denen. Schade eigentlich, dass du kein Dirndl anhast; die finde ich nämlich super sexy ;-) liebe Grüsse von einem "Franco-Schweizer"!

[@amongstthepigeons1020]

The main difference is the culture of following rules.

[@Tracymmo]

Huge difference. A lot of what the Swiss accept would not work with Americans.

[@abram730]

In the USA the government and your neighbors are your enemy. People don't like to follow the rules of tyrants and monsters. Laws only apply to some in the USA, so following the laws is admitting that you are a second class citizens.

[@velochlauer585]

@idkwhattoputhereok? Then why does switzerland keep winning, though?

[@LL-gx3yj]

These are some remains from the Wild West and itll be a part of theyre culture for a long time

[@wasddsaw2726]

@idkwhattoputhereok? Those who are not following the rules are losers

[@lusti6511]

one simple comparsion: A school friend has married an US citizen. They have 3 daughters, lived in the US for some years. Finally they came to switzerland. Why? Their daughters were in the same school for 2 years. In those 2 years they had 3 school-shooting drills and one false school schooting alert. Imagine your three daughters in that school, and a possible school-shooting distress call arrives. A whole army of first-responders in front of the school, SWAT teams cleaning the are, evacuation. They just had enough, it was too much. It always something different of you read this in newspapers or see on television. But to have a first person explanation about the dire hours they gone throught. It's not just "bang bang on the ghetto" is the f***** fear your children not coming back from a simple and common day in school.

[@Slithermotion]

3:18 AR-15? This guy is an expert. I can tell.

[@locadisa]

I need to study switzerlands economy,culture,political differences and norms. Its obvious that they are doing something right.

[@DirkAustin]

They got socialism, thats what theyre doing right.

[@dasprojekt2049]

@@DirkAustin switzerland is less socialist and more conservative than most countries in europe. But y in comparison to usa we're socialist af

[@the_bottomfragger]

I'm pretty sure the US would have a much better time with our political system, electoral college and two party system are really fucking things up.

[@1972Georges]

do that. We where not involved in a war since more then 700 years....Switzerland was founded 1291.

[@kaam..]

@@dasprojekt2049 Can you please tell me what you think socialism is?

[@dantecrailman8861]

This just proves that no matter how many guns you have, as long as there is strict gun control, everyone's safe!

[@DirkAustin]

Duh...non gun nuts know that, NRA and GOP want gun nuts tho because to them = more guns = more dead people = more money.

[@michaelnally2841]

While those are true. Stricter gun laws still won’t protect everyone and gun nuts aren’t wrong when they say some criminals won’t care.

[@andrewlyon4495]

@@michaelnally2841 Even as someone who supports gun control, I admit we in US have a horse and barn problem. Even if we did institute stricter gun laws on a national level and required massively increased training and registration on every weapon, many people would just hide their guns.

[@rjfaber1991]

+No One In Particular - So that's a reason not to have said gun laws? Sure, you get a few illegal firearms hanging around; that's also true in European countries that adopted stricter gun laws decades ago, but it's a drop in the ocean compared to the number of guns that would be around if our laws were as lax as they are in the States.

[@hunterblane610]

@@michaelnally2841 No law protects everyone. The reason we have laws in the first place is because they protect most people. Even if most people are responsible, most laws are made with the minority of idiots in mind.

[@gianni98able]

As a swiss this was extremely hilarious for me😂😂👏🏻

[@christophedlauer1443]

Switzerland does not have an army. Switzerland IS the army

[@velochlauer585]

And it's completely incompetent. I mean as a Swiss I'm pretty fucking embarrassed when I read about another armaments project they botch up burning half a Billion Dollars. They do something like that every other year and it pisses me of as it's also my tax money going down the toilet.

[@SilverSmrfr]

@@velochlauer585 Why would Swiss need a huge military? It is in the center of Europe where war or invasion is pretty unlikely. And if a country would invade Swiss a lot of people around the world would get pissed about their money.

[@velochlauer585]

@@SilverSmrfr I would absolutely agree that we don't. I see two concepts for the future: a) We keep our militia system but only a small part of the army learns the war and anti terror trade while the others are unarmed and trained for disaster control. That way the army would be much cheaper (much less weapon systems with their fantastic prices needed) while becoming more useful to the general public. b) We abandon the militia system and set up a professional army of about 15,000-20,000 men and women and let a country with experience (USA/GB/DE) support us in giving them propper training, so that they learn actual practical knowledge about fighting, not just the fantasy invasion scenarios clueless Swiss Brigadiers come up with. They would constitute the base force that can be used to train more soldiers should the need arise. The result in both cases would ideally be cheaper and more professional than the joke of an army we have now in both cases.

[@iwillwatchyourbacknooneels7850]

Yeah its not like military training for war its like a scout camp you learn where safety bunkers are and how to manage them but mostly they are there to help other people out also i think that they can be security sometimes like at big but im not shure also yes Im SWISS

[@WeirdIncluded]

@@velochlauer585 GB, DE yes. USA no. Their training is.... lacking, to say the least.

[@CallieMasters5000]

I loved living in Switzerland. Expensive as all hell but it's so beautiful.

[@1972Georges]

Yes. Expensive. But the salaries are high too. So...no need to complain.

[@thekatanaist]

I went there for a business trip. Very beautiful, but I had to write a note to our accountant that we hadn't eaten at fancy restaurants or anything. Those were in fact our actual regular lunch bills.

[@nexzae]

Georges Braun far from reality that anyone here earns enough to say something like this. Please don’t generalize something just because you might be earning too much.

[@calvinkuntze1990]

@@1972Georges Hah, I was there as a student (ETH-Z). All studies, no time to work. I had all the costs and none of the nice salary. I'll complain ;)

[@sharkgames9444]

@@calvinkuntze1990 If you are dedicated you can work while you study at ETH, a lot of us are doing it. So stop complaining about getting your university degree paid by mostly the swiss taxes.

[@Joeyy1024]

When Switzerland is more American than America.

[@evansahenkorah8084]

WTF ???....THIS IS SWITZERLAND BEING SWITZERLAND NOT AMERICAN...if it was illegal immigrants ur comment would be diffrent

[@ChrisAkaMastermind]

if we where we would have a lot more deadly shootings... ... and a corrupt political system... ... and non existent healthcare... or public transport... or environmental protection... or... you get my point

[@Phantomagix]

@@evansahenkorah8084 ...looks like reality flew right over your head. Hmmm. Why does that not surprise me.

[@sTrE3trDr]

Miki Phantom trumptards man, what else...

[@Blitz_McSticks]

@@ChrisAkaMastermind God bless your country

[@KrisLI1408]

The “nein accident” joke is perfectly delivered.

[@jorjlmoz5878]

3:32 Cows casually grazing on the shooting range

[@michaelpomales8021]

Jorj Lmoz maybe get the American to stop shooting, he’ll probably hit the cow, let everyone else shoot though

[@HandsUpPromotions]

Not just Switzerland, but also Iceland and the Czech Republic. Seems like the rest of the world isn't having the issues the US is.

[@retronerds6884]

Well the rest of the world doesn't have the NRA paying people off and they also don't have Republican's telling everyone the problem is minorities with guns

[@dillogdall1]

There are a lot of guns in places like norway as well, people just don't see them as something for "home defence".

[@Joebius1]

US politicians like to ignore our serious mental health problems.

[@dillogdall1]

@theadam22 Yeah, our luck with that is good, it is much safer here than in the US. My property is protected by police and insurance. Guns are for sport and hunting, not something you have under your pillow, it is locked in and not loaded.

[@dillogdall1]

@theadam22 No you don't have a "duty" to use a weapon, which in most cases escalates the situation,rather than fix it. And where in scandinavia do you live where you are afraid of getting murdered by burglars?

[@christianhegelbach3082]

It comes down to the simple rules handling guns, respect for the gun and awareness of it's possible consequences. Greetings from Switzerland

[@DownhillMC]

02:56 this makes me proud to be Swiss to have that cool former president :-)

[@rustinstardust2094]

Being such a heavily armed country with so little violence, they've earned the right to throw some Swiss shade...

[@dasstigma]

I love how your like "whoa, wtf?" I grew up just like that, I can't imagine anything different....

[@jensraab2902]

"Vouts êtes vraiment très nul." 😂😂😂

[@julietcoalton1144]

Mon petit frere pourrait faire mieux.

[@ozymandiaspbs]

Oui Oui! LMBO

[@simongartmann5294]

@@julietcoalton1144 🤣🤘

[@hommedterre1]

Exactement

[@SH1974]

3:20 AR-15's... are you kiddin' ? Swiss kids don't walk around with AR-15's!! WTF are You thinking about swiss Kids? They do it with original swiss made SIG 550's, dude! (Okay, the SIG 550 is kind of AR-15. About as much as the Veyron is kind of a VW.) And that guy on 2:30 is Mr. Samuel Schmid. He was one of seven federal councils from 2001 to 2008 and in 2005 he was in fact the swiss federal president.

[@SwissBloke]

The SIG55X platform is actually an AK, but yeah a clockwork AK

[@riccardos2955]

Its more of an AK then an AR-15 mate. It even feed the ,,enemie magazine,, as they toughd us in the army.

[@17MrLeon]

technically its more like AK than AR -15

[@vice.nor.virtue]

Yeah dude, no one here has any idea how Swiss government works. I only found out the other day that the “president” takes his turn out of 7 other people from different states year on year to represent the country.

[@SH1974]

​@@vice.nor.virtue It's not that compicated... We also have a "Big chamber" (Nationalrat, the Senat) and a "Small Chamber" (Ständerat, the Council of States) but instead of one President we have 7 federal councils. Those 7 (together!) form the highest political authority here, the head of executive in Switzerland. The federal president (one of those 7) is more a representative function, eg. to shake hands when other presidents come to visit Switzerland, or to hold the "State of Union - Speech" on our national day, which is on the 1st August.

[@chaosawaits]

The part that was most shocking for me is that the President of Switzerland is just walking around, drinking beers, and has absolutely no entourage protecting him, like a regular dude. That blew me away, literally. I can't believe I'm able to type, have been blown away and all.

[@patriziab.437]

Well the thing is we actually have 7 presidents so we can provide in true neutrality. One alone can't do shit without the approval of the others and all of them can't do anything without a vote. So our "presidents" are more like the voices to our people and do, whats in our interest. We have quite the complex but interesting politics around here and if you are interested, I will tell you more about it. Fact is, you can be in a train or bus or just at a festival and meet one of our presidents and casually talk to them, since they are close to the folk as well as they carry on what they think is truly best for you and as a matter of fact, they actually listen and put their ego aside for the best of Switzerland and its inhabitants

[@heristyono4755]

Can't we all just agree that Switzerland is better than America at almost everything?

[@Frogkhan915]

They actualyl do democracy and federalism properly too.

[@jskueffer]

Yes, agree, having lived in both countries, I would never want to move back again!

[@1972Georges]

Nope. I'm Swiss but I love "the american way of life". Optimistic people who grab live at its ba****. By the way. Switzerland has one of the highest suicide rates / assisted suicide rates in the world...

[@Tracymmo]

No! I really enjoyed my time there, but I found Swiss reserve stifling as hell. I like the American sense of humor, and - as Swiss and other Europeans pointed out to me - that we have the ability to move and completely reinvent ourselves, and at any age. There are problems with racism outside the cities. As with Canada, some things are great, but we Americans need to be clear eyed about what works, what doesn't.

[@linklink999999]

@@1972GeorgesWikipedia says that the rate of Switzerland is 12,2 of 100'000 and USA 13,7. But the statistics are from 2012 so maybe its outdated. Update: I found one for 2016 now Switzerland has 11,3 ( Place 61) and USA 13,7 (Place 34)

[@russetwolf13]

Jeeze, why is everyone surprised when a gun meet up is perfectly safe? This isn't some unique thing only the Swiss have, this is every meet up pretty much everywhere.

[@iwillwatchyourbacknooneels7850]

Dude are u serious he talks about switzerland because its one of the most armed countrys in the world i wanna see how a meet up like this would take place in america, there would be at least 3 birds dead and 500 people killed u dumb frick

[@riccardos2955]

yeah sure i like the gun events americans have in detroit and chiraq.

[@russetwolf13]

@@iwillwatchyourbacknooneels7850 We do have these meet ups, I've been to them. There's literally a mess of shooting competitions that happen on a weekly basis, as well as the infamous Gun Shows. Shot show is ten times the size of this and there's never been a shooting as far as I know.

[@russetwolf13]

@@riccardos2955 Those aren't meet ups, that's the drug war in action. Gotta fight the poors when they try to start a business, can't have them making money off shit that should be legal but isn't.

[@jasonlacroix6083]

Switzerland probably doesn't have events like Knob Creek.

[@danilocarno]

... In Switzerland we use weapons to shoot, not to kill. A cordial greeting.

[@JG-yh9rh]

United States has soooooo much to learn...its embarrassing.

[@Thor.Jorgensen]

It's not embarrassing to have things to learn. What's embarrassing is the fact that the higher-ups are too proud and arrogant to be willing to learn, refusing that they need to learn anything. Learning what the outside world does well and adopting those ideas is a good idea.

[@LadyPinkster]

@Thor Jørgensen I agree

[@watch9425]

as a swiss citizen this video was so fun to watch

[@vibes3626]

Yes 😂❤️

[@Shintenzu]

If you actually looked as Swiss gun laws you would see that they are actually more lax than many US states such as California and New York For instance there are no restrictions on semi automatics. Also with about the same amount a paperwork required to get a gun permit in most states you can purchase a full auto rifle, a suppressor, and short barreled rifle or short barreled shotgun. All of which are heavily regulated and very expensive in the US, and outright banned in certain states.

[@17MrLeon]

@Sabrina Kall Well all states still require you to be resident of said state so thats not an issue. Switzerland simply is made out of nonviolent swiss people aunlike America which is mix of literary everything on the planet. When did you see white swiss gang doing drive-by?

[@lebrigand4115]

Wrong. There are restrictions on semi autos. For example, high capacity semi autos (ie. more than 10 rounds) and semi autos shorter than 60cm when folded are banned. Also, all full autos are banned.

[@shawn4888]

@@17MrLeon I realize this is an old post, but most states around New York, California etc dont have residency requirements in the first place but they easily get around that with straw purchasers.

[@philipschmid9352]

​@@lebrigand4115 Wrong. If you are a collector, you can easily acquire both, full auto and semi autos below 60cm. The 30 round mag ban is just there to go "Oh yeah EU we adopted your BS" but actually you can get a license for it if you go shooting 3 times in 5 years or something along those lines.

[@IStMl]

4:41 Even clouds are guns in Switzerland

[@ladyhelvetia]

one big difference is that swiss people take care of each other and want the weakest to be well in a society, we are compassionate, even in a dispute ... we don't walk on red sign over the street because a child could see it, imitate and crash ... we do not park in parking spaces for invalide people, an invalid could come and need it ... in Switzerland there are just a lot less ruthless psychopaths .... we are generally not as loud as Americans (I lived next to an American school) and we're also not that extroverted, superficial, hostile to science, and religious....maybe we are very boring and traditional, but our kids can WALK to school without fear

[@ladyhelvetia]

@@yuelu3314 www.vocabulary.com/dictionary/invalid A person who is very sick or injured and needs frequent care is an invalid.

[@katarn999]

Lederhosen (end of the clip) ARE NOT SWISS! Please, don‘t mix us up with Bavaria.. 😜

[@mionami9973]

Why do Americans think all German(ish)-speaking countries wear Lederhosen? It's really only the Bavarians and the Austrians.

[@Dageka]

@Shard 308 Look at the pictures with the Swiss flags. Do they wear Lederhosen?

[@LL-gx3yj]

@Shard 308 Very fuckin Sure

[@davidschmid7283]

Appenzeller Sennen wear yellow Lederhosen...

[@katarn999]

@@davidschmid7283 Ok, true enough, Appenzeller Sennen have Lederhosen. But Appenzell is not the entirety of Switzerland, is it? Dont conclude from the special to the more generic... ;-) And PS: Micheal Kosta's not wearing Appenzeller Sennen Trousers, is he? Nor does his hat have anything to do with Appenzell!

[@swisscryptopodcast9587]

And Switzerland once again showing how it‘s done 💪🏿

[@Multielladan]

Swiss Crypto Podcast I love crypto!! And guns - yey!

[@Cinnuhminn]

Swiss Crypto Podcast Getting drunk and guns !

[@Multielladan]

Cinnamon getting drunk with crypto and having guns 💪🏿

[@Multielladan]

leon rauher actually the canton of Appenzell Innerrhoden was the last one to adopt the voting right for women in 1990 (!)

[@leonrauher7663]

@@Multielladan Correct! Are you from Switzerland too? :D

[@dominikbaumgartner9221]

"I was president for five years.." Dude, what are you talking about? You were Federal Council from 2001-2008. That`s obviously 15 years..

[@riccardos2955]

But only 5 years as Bundespräsident.

[@dominikbaumgartner9221]

@@riccardos2955 Ehm, nope. He was "Bundespräsident" in 2005. That's 12 months. 12 months equals around 3 years I guess.

[@MichiruEll]

@@dominikbaumgartner9221 He might have been trying to say five years ago? (vor fünf Jahren) I can't actually tell who that is.

[@dominikbaumgartner9221]

@@MichiruEll Even that would make no sense. This was recorded in the summer of 2018 (that's when the "Eidgenössisches Feldschiessen" took place in 2018) but he retired as Federal Council ten years prior (December 31, 2008). So it was just an absolute breakdown.

[@thenamen935]

DIFFERENCE BETWEEN MOST COUNTRIES AND SWITZERLAND: Situation: You are alone in the woods, it's not hunting-season and you hear shots from a gun nearby. Most countries: Call the police and be afraid that someone will kill you Switzerland: Just casually walk towards the sound and greet the marksman.

[@eljanrimsa5843]

No. As a Swiss you are worried you failed to notice the official proclamation that says there is active shooting today. It's usually a sign somewhere before you enter the forest and it tells you to stay away at certain dates.

[@thenamen935]

@@eljanrimsa5843 as you read in my comment "it's not hunting-season". But there are many small shooting ranges where you can cassualy walk by (not through)

[@Braun30]

@@thenamen935 or the army is having a live shooting exercise on the hill behind the wooded area. That's when you see Polish flags 😊

[@ieatthebooty2494]

I notice how all the kids are handling their weapons properly, yet at the end you see this fool twirling around with 2 weapons, exercising no safety precautions. Treat every weapon as if it is loaded at all times, even those kids knew that. Classic American lmfao.

[@benzaiten933]

I betcha they gave him some plastic toy guns. no way they'd let this Yankee near real guns (even if it wasn't loaded).

[@ieatthebooty2494]

@@benzaiten933Doesnt change anything though

[@Braun30]

I think it's a skit on American behaviour.

[@EmaA-pu7nc]

​@@Braun30 It is. It's a comedy show.

[@Braun30]

@@EmaA-pu7nc a skit in English means a joke.

[@chaser107]

What a great piece

[@erebusart1638]

the american 'reporter' is really funny, especially wearing the vest. Great video!!!!!

[@17MrLeon]

well that vest wouldnt help him agianst rifle round anyway. And also I would nto be ashamed to wear vest around people who drink while handling guns.

[@simongartmann5294]

Its not just a vest. Its the original pussy-vest

[@heiligepommesbude9555]

1:25 its translated: "How many accidents have happened here?" "No"

[@acopernic]

As said previously the problem in the US is education. Gun=freedom. In all other countries gun means violence. You have to start somewhere to change this culture and in the US you are nowhere near this.

[@eyeofjake]

No, freedom = freedom. People = violence. Your statement is ridiculous as it is stupid. Violence is created by people, not inanimate objects. By your logic, booze and vehicles should be titled "violent" as they kill still more people in the US than firearms. The difference being is you are far more likely to favor either and don't want to see either removed. Comparing the US to Switzerland is like comparing Japan to the UK aka totally different nations, culture, geopolitics, etc..... Try again Andre.

[@17MrLeon]

In my country guns dont mean violance only in stupid peoples brains. you have mental health problem if you fear guns. Anyone fearing inanimate object is considered insane.

[@benjaminflash1108]

@@eyeofjake white american has spoken. Your argument is so american. I smelled your Glock and your low iq while reading ur comment

[@Iomar1975]

To say that Mikko wasn't impressed by his antics is an understatement at best.

[@qmance8062]

I Think the quality of living in Switzerland is the reason they’re so safe.

[@brekezek]

You mean welfare state

[@vankroenen2145]

​@@brekezek Every country in Western Europe is this kind of "welfare state" -- and it works. Solidarity simply just fu*king works. Since decades. People are safe, have to eat, have healthcare and a roof above their heads. And this results in a low crime rate. .......but a essential part of people in the Awesome States of Murica OF COURSE know it better. The result: Shitty healthcare including more than 180.000 C19-deaths, high crime rate, gangs, no-go areas and so on. Because the "welfare state" is pure evil. America Fuck Yeah!

[@lusti6511]

@@brekezek Of course welfare state. Isn't that the very meaning of a country, to look after each other? We as a people decided, that everyone has the right to have a decent life. Healthcare is public, because people matter. Education is public and free, because braincells don't care about how much money you have.You get a pension, because you've contributed to our country, maybe as a full-time mother or a bank director. Everyone who works pays for our jobless-insurance, and everyone who looses his jobs has the right to use this insurance for 2 years. Because loosing a job should not be equal to loosing your healthcare plan or your housing. Still we manage to have a financial stability and a capitalistic system embedded in a social context. You let your own people die, because public healthcare is socialism. You miss out for the next Einstein, because poverty means no education and free education is socialism. You always talk about how much you care for eath others, but you're afraid to put this "love" for each other into compulsoring laws. I pay taxes in switzerland, and i'm glad i can. It means i earn enough to give something back. And it means that someone else who couldn't afford an education maybe someday will become the doctor who saves my life. Don't shink in short terms or in little scales. Think in long terms. Why are we so educated? Because we invest into education. It's that simple.

[@thenamen935]

@@lusti6511 nicely said!

[@youthgamngpatnerz3300]

2:57 Literary Switzerland in every conflict

[@audoldends6799]

Chicken man is my new favorite man

[@aristogan]

Yo Kosta these were great segments.

[@simonmunger4465]

You can see that there is mainly 1 type of gun, the stgw90/ sg550 (standard riffle of the swiss army), behind every of these is a 19week basic army training, where you learn to handle a gun properly. Every swiss man has to serve in the army, they knwo how to handle a gun safely.

[@allyourcode]

@1:44 The rubber chicken killed me XD

[@alimzaman1551]

Former President: "That's Your Problem" Wise man's one answer covered it all!

[@Spaeckli]

Never felt as proud to be swiss before 😄

[@6Glitch]

“You guys got AR-15s here huh?” Literally none of them are carrying ARs.

[@vishnuprasad2843]

"That's your problem" 😂😂

[@SoumalyaBarai]

2:59 thats basically how every other country thinks about americans

[@ArtisticAsian1014]

I was born and grew up for a good chunk of my life in Switzerland, in other words I remember enough of how things were. Also I did and still do visit the country. Now I live in US and can say on the topic of guns how different views are. As a child growing up in Switzerland we were taught rules are there for a reason. Guns yes are dangerous but they are also for protection. Yes it's also for fun in certain games but like the former president said, it's about respect. Swiss acknowledge the potential harm that can be caused with this object and respect that. In contrast I find in the US I'm not quite sure if there is one way people are taught to view guns. Is it odd for me to say that I feel generally okay in Switzerland despite seeing the police or guards with their guns than in the US seeing the security where I feel slightly on edge/nervous at times. Maybe it has to do with the fact in Switzerland I see the gun but the guards are aware but relaxed (such as arms crossed but observant) vs in states where their hands are on the gun itself. There's a lot to be worked on with gun control. For some it has to be the acknowledgment that there is a problem. The next step doesn't have to be major but small changes are still a step. A country can't have the extremes of no law or too many laws as both would be either really dangerous or extreme resisting. I don't see guns being banned for the general public nor would I find it fair, after all if one wants a gun to be able to protect the,selves or for recreational use then they should be allowed. I do however belive if someone wants something that can cause harm they should be rules/laws and education on it. I could go on and have a long conversation on this but I'll cut it here as one thought leads to another.

[@pitzboechannel]

As an Italian, as a European, what puzzles me is how videos like this directed to an American audience always speak of things that are so normal for us, as if they were rocket science. “Here it is illegal to have your guns loaded when not in use” isn’t that just common sense

[@17MrLeon]

Well mass shootings dont happen from someone having gun loaded on accident and accidently shooting 50 people. Sure it prevents accidentants but thats not what America has problem with. America has problem with gun suicides and gang violence. Neither would be prevented by having gun unloaded.Also Swiss are not alowed to conceal carry but at same time they can drink while handling firearms so I would not look for common sense in switzerland. Im also European btw.

[@estebanhombredeguerra6503]

The Rules: "Always Pull Out" and "Call your mom".... Amazing!

[@brianallen9810]

2:58 I love his answer.

[@stephanleo]

"Glocktoberfest" - If it all wasn’t so sad, that should be the word of the year.

[@BigButtPaperWings]

i (swiss) started shooting crossbows when i was 10 (where one of the trainers only had 2 fingers left on his hand and told us not to NEVER hold the finger on the trigger when he puts the arrow on the crossbow, which i haven't forgotten until now lol) and sturmgewehr 90 when i was 15 and i remember that i always hated to disassemble, clean the weapon and put it back together (which was mandatory after the "lessons") but it taught me how to respect and care for the weapon. it somehow makes me feel safe that i know how it works but i really, really hope i will never have to use one.

[@airbutz]

Only in Switzerland you can see 13 year old kids with a fully automatic Assault Rifle on bicycles on their way to the shooting stand. Swiss-Greetings.. smile..

[@danilyevh.2712]

"How many accidents do you have?" "Nein" "Nine?"

[@mohamedbaradji7504]

When the Swiss bring guns they just bring guns. When Americans bring guns they bring helmets, vests, carriers, knee and elbow pads, masks.... I feel like Americans wanna be badass soldiers, it's a scary roleplay.

[@quantumshadow4218]

yeah, i see a NRA video making a joke about this kind of people, i still don't understand why in the u.s people don't go to play airsoft or paintball for this kind of things, if you go to a gun range it's to practice aim and technique, not to assault an imaginary enemy. it's must be like living independence day in your head all day long... all days.

[@peterparker2620]

@@quantumshadow4218 Isn't the NRA itself a joke?

[@antotheja251]

Ohne scheiß, als er versucht hat das Feldschießen auszusprechen hab ich mich mal kurz bepisst XD

[@JohnnyBlaze6954]

It’s all about EDUCATION and UNDERSTANDING firearms! I’ve grown up around them since I was 6, I had anger issues and NEVER HAD a single thought of ever using a firearm to hurt people.... NEVER! People are just CRAZY! You can’t stop crazy but hopefully you can influence them at an early age!