[Stultis]

Seriously? They have gun rights?

Well, I should say last I knew, from a few months ago, this was a Coalition Provisional Authority ruling. I forget if it was one AK-47 per adult or one per family, but the idea was that they were necessary for people to protect themselves. You'll remember that AKs were being fired in the streets of Baghdad to celebrate the capture of Saddam. So far I haven't heard of any attempts to seize them. Of course explosives and RPGs are forbidden.

[meenie]

This article confirms what I have said a few times on FR. There are more terrorists on the streets of our cities than in Iraq. It is not confined to the cities either, as it is becoming common in some of the rural areas. A rapist or child molester is as evil as a Sadaam or Osama. Yet, we turn them out on the streets with a slap on the wrist. Through most of our history, rape was considered a capital crime, the same as murder. Now it is considered a minor felony or in some cases a misdemeanor. It is no mystery why we have so many child molestations and rapes.