Not in the second 'graf of the message I replied to:
The question stands: would a critical mass of civilian Swiss gunowners of 2016 submit to gun confiscation mandated by a hypothetical government intent on tamping down a nationalist backlash to a flood of entitled Muslim refugees? Or would citizens defy such an order en masse?
That feels like a "when did you stop beating your wife" question - impossible to answer.
Swiss government just doesn't work that way. I'm very comfortable saying "won't arise."
First of all, laws typically have a "sunrise" date rather than going into effect immediately. Second, the rights of referendum and petition are well exercised. Any such law would die at the hands of the voters long before it went into effect. It takes 50000 signatures to put a referendum on the federal ballot. It's EASY to find 49999 other people to sign on to pretty much anything (see below). The Swiss Shooting Sports Association has about 175000 members. Do the math
But such a law wouldn't happen anyway. Swiss politics is multi-party; nothing happens without coalitions and compromise. You just don't get US style two party agendas.
And you won't get it by executive fiat either because the executive is a cabinet with parties represented by a relatively stable "formula" - President is an honorary title rotated around the ministers in the Federal Council (I always picture those old comedies where someone calls for volunteers and all the smart ones take a step backward)
There are both pro and anti gun activists, just as there are pro and anti Army activists, but the general run of elections and referenda show that most voters land solidly in the middle.
I'm not surprised. I'd read once a claim that widespread gun ownership contributed to low Swiss crime rates. However, it was refuted by the counterclaim that it wasn't Swissprudent to break the seal on your militia ammo supply to repel home invaders - that it was a hideous offense to use national defense ammo for self-defense at home.
It's kinda moot since Army ammunition is no longer kept at home, but yes, if you did use Army issued ammunition in self defense you would likely be screwed.
But ... you're trying to map US cultural motifs on Switzerland and it isn't a good fit. Private gun own sheik in Switzerland is about national defense and has been for 800 years. It's never been about self defense on the individual level.
(I wouldn't know; I've only read the linked excerpt, and McPhee's
La Place de la Concorde Suisse. And I don't recall
precisely what the latter 21-yo book had to say about their home guns).
PdlC is a much better book, but so much has changed in the quarter century since it was written. The Swiss Army "active" strength has gone from 600k to 200k and its lost some of its cultural imperative of binding the nation.
Reto
One initiative that didn't make it would have amended the Swiss constitution to grant equal rights to house pets. Not making it up. Personally, I think the dogs were behind it because they saw the cats kicking their asses, but hey, it coulda been the cows, muddying the waters.