I don't see how the statement that "every male over the age of 17 has an AK-47" could be so argumentative. Sandman didn't say that every able-bodied male was an insurgent, just that everyone could possibly be one because, chances are, they're armed.

We take for granted in our country that few are armed and even fewer are trained to adequately use them (backwards statement, but true) but in most nations, particularly those where infighting is the norm, a rifle (or numerous) in every household is far from unusual.

Even in many major industrialized nations it is traditional, if not a requirement, that every able-bodied male be armed and trained to defend his country. A number of governments, particularly European ones, issue an assault rifle to every male citizen in their country. I don't see the stretch in making the assumption that people would be armed in a country that has been at virtually constant war in some form for over 20 years. I know I'd have a few AKs sitting around my house.

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