Originally Posted by AJLondon
No worries! I was just a tad interested as I was having a somewhat heated debate about this with a Swiss colleague just last week! He was blaming Brussels for everything under the sun, and I was <shock, horror> trying to defend the EU!
I usually find that a quick reference to gun control laws leads to a rapid change of subject (or to the person concerned blaming Brussels for exerting pressure on Bern to tighten the existing laws...).