Originally posted by Sandman333:
Originally posted by Mysti-ken:
Originally posted by Sandman333:
Time for a little perspective:

Every male over the age of 17 is guaranteed to have at least one AK-47, and likely many more than one. Now, do the math.



You raise possibly a good point - how many people in Iraq are potentially armed insurgents? I'll see what statistics are available to do the math ... in the meantime could you please provide sources re: your point about gun possession?




Sure, my source is myself. I was there for 14 months. I stood on checkpoints and searched vehicles. We came up with every manner of weapon imaginable. Further, about 4 months into my deployment the CPA declared that the maximum allowable weapons "cache" per household was 1 AK-47 with 2 clips of ammo per 17 yr old and older male. I did not witness any massive turn in of weapons that would have been required to be in compliance with that.

When Saddam realized that he was going to lose, he opened the mental hospitals, prisons, and armories. Those armories were looted, and all those weapons melted into the populace.

I think that is pretty conclusive.



I've been waiting all day to post this:

OWN3D!!!!!!!

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