Not often known is Switzerland where all are obligated to serve in the Military and are provided with a military rifle upon completion. Israel is similar- for more obvious reason. If it were inhabited by Liberals- it would have ceased to exist.
Summer of 1990 I was in Europe with my family and part of the trip involved driving from Bavaria through the Swiss Alps to get to St. Moritz (to board the Glacier Express to Zermatt. I recommend that trip). Anyways, on the way to St. Moritz, we stopped at a small Swiss town nestled in the Alps for dinner at a small restaurant. As we were waiting for the meal to be served, 3 young men in Swiss Army uniform came in, stacked their rifles together leaning them up against the edge of a booth, sat down and ordered dinner.
It was oddly alien to see such a thing... and comforting at the same time. It was basically like "Why is this not normal in the United States?"