A few years ago when we were at Epcot in Orlando, I struck up a conversation with a Swiss gentleman who was working at the German Biergarten. He asked me what I knew about Switzerland, which wasn't a whole lot, so I told him that I thought that the K31 was a great rifle. His eyes lit up and he told me the story of his K31, about being in the Swiss Army, and how committed every Swiss soldier was. About how Switzerland stood neutral through two World Wars because the Germans and Austro-Hungarians during WW1 and the Germans and Italians during WW2 decided that the cost of attacking Switzerland wouldn't be worth the cost. He was proud to be Swiss and it made me a little sad to think about the lack of pride so many Americans feel toward my Country.
