Thanks for taking the time to read and reply. I had heard the Swiss are required to have firearms. I guess it's possiblely due to their location and the previous issues in EU over the first and second world wars.
There are many reasons to have guns; I never get into it with people though preferring to say simply that I want them so have them. Easier that way. I find arguments for/against guns tedious and pointless to engage in. I have guns and dont care if the people that dont want them dont have (or like) them.