[welterde]

Isn't it quite difficult to get a carry permit for a gun in Switzerland though? Making it not that likely that a random citizen the police officer encounters will actually have a loaded gun.

[snovv_crash]

There is mandatory military service for males, so you actually see a lot of guns being open-carried by people heading home for the weekend on public transport etc.

[welterde]

They are not allowed to be loaded however if I am not misinformed.

[snovv_crash]

Can you tell if there's a round in the chamber from the outside?

[hef19898]

According to the German, and French, police, illegal arms are the problem. Not the legal ones. And for the illegal ones, permits aren't important.