[NorthGA]

I wish this bill would go even further and have every veteran bring home their weapon and 1000 rounds of ammunition, as Swiss citizens do.

[G-Bear]

From the headline, that's what I thought they were talking
about, you could bring your issue weapon home with you.
If every vet had an M-16 in the closet, this would be
a much better country!

[Born on the Storm King]

I wish this bill would go even further and have every veteran bring home their weapon and 1000 rounds of ammunition, as Swiss citizens do.

Ditto that! To me, that is the definition of civilization! And rephrase that to every honourably discharged veteran.

[archy]

I wish this bill would go even further and have every veteran bring home their weapon and 1000 rounds of ammunition, as Swiss citizens do.

Not quite. The Swiss do indeed store and maintain their weapon and one sealed container of ammunition at home, but the ammount of ammo when I was there was a small sealed *sardine tin* of 24 rounds.

That was in the days of their supurb Stgw 57 7,5mm assault rifle, with a magazine capacity, coincidentally, of 24 rounds. Now that the Swiss are using their 5,56mm SIG 550 with a 30-round magazine, I expect it's a 50-round container of the GP-90 5,56mm ammo, normally packaged on 10-round stripper clips, that's so maintained.

There was and so far as I know is no limit on how much additional ammunition could be kept, of course, but that basic minimal amount was mandatory- there was even a criminal fine for failure to do so, as I recall.