[steplock]

I got as far as:
"...what had been a much tougher plan to rid postwar Iraq of heavy weapons..." when refering to allowing Iraqi's to keep their AK's.

Gotta hate the left-wing radical extremists ... who haven't the slightest idea of reality - nor of what constitutes "Heavy Weapons"

An AK-47 is NOT.

[Epasonic]

Most people I have found seem to believe that any automatic weapons are "Heavy". This I believe is due to their unavailability to the general US public, and the under education about firearms by most US citizens.

I believe this move is merely to save face. An AK47 can be purchased for about $20 American in that area, and a complete ban would be completely uninforcable.

[Redbob]

"I got as far as: "...what had been a much tougher plan to rid postwar Iraq of heavy weapons..." when refering to allowing Iraqi's to keep their AK's.

Gotta hate the left-wing radical extremists ... who haven't the slightest idea of reality - nor of what constitutes "Heavy Weapons"

An AK-47 is NOT."

It is if the only thing YOU have in your hands is a pencil or a word-processor!

But seriously, this is good news: when personal freedoms are under assault anywhere, they are under assault everywhere.
And especially, when the U.S. government is the perpetrator of such an assault, then all Americans have cause for concern.

It does look like that uncommon commodity, common-sense, is winning out.

[xm177e2]

Gotta hate the left-wing radical extremists ... who haven't the slightest idea of reality - nor of what constitutes "Heavy Weapons"

You are wrong. First, the OC Register is about as conservative/libertarian as a major newspaper comes. Second, the American plan is to confiscate "heavy" weapons, like anti-aircraft artillery and such. That is what the Register means when the term is used.

[xm177e2]

Here is an example of a correct usage of the term inside the article: Iraqis will still be allowed to keep handguns, rifles and shotguns. But the new instructions contain a lengthy list of much heavier weapons that would be prohibited to most people: machine guns, rocket-propelled grenades, shoulder-fired missiles, antiaircraft guns, mortars, land mines and grenades.