Comment by spwa4
4 months ago
To be honest during WWII, Switzerland was surrounded by the Nazis. Literally. On all sides, and learned a harsh lesson on not just the importance of military readiness but also economic resilience. So they took what they could get.
Switzerland is the best munitioned country on earth, because: After military service, most people keep their guns and are forced to yearly practicing (or loosing the gun) etc. - they are battle-ready every time.
Plus: they are the only(!) country on earth who could offer bunker protection to 95%+ of society in case of war.
They don’t keep the ammo though, so it’s quite funny to call it the “best munitioned country”.
Even if you only considered the guns, your claim seems to be false: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estimated_number_of_civilian_g...
This was slightly misworded: They keep the gun, not the amo - the amo you have to buy on your yearly-forced practice shooting.
Second place?:
>Finland has civil defence shelters for about 4.8 million people [population 5.7 million]
https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410869/finland-has-civil-def...
That’s just not true at all. Even if 100% of the population keeps 2x guns at home, at 9.5M people that would mean 19M guns. The US has more than 20x that many owned by civilians.