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That'll make it easy for the homeowners defending themselves from AK-47 toting Baathists to know what to do.

"Look, honey, I can tell by the heavy armament that thug firing through our house's WALL is a Baathist! I know what to do! I'll crawl over and get our Makarov pistol...okay, almost got its trigger lock off...urp!"

"HONEY! (sob) WELL! I know what to do! I'll call the Iraqi Provisional Police Department! They say they'll be here soon, they have to protect the 'moderate' Shiites too...urp!"

"MOMMY! (sob) WELL! I know what to do! I'll call the AMERICAN MILITARY! They say they'll be here soon, they have to get someone to watch the Museum of Antiquities...urp!"

Baathist thug: "I know what to do! Wait for the dumbass Iraqis to give up their guns!"

That's just about the funniest rant I've ever heard. With thinking like that I certainly hope you don't have access to heavy weaponry.

Iraq is a war zone, it's not Idaho. The Iraqi people are a people who have been held hostage for 30 years and have no weapons training. They weren't brought up hunting or being given gun safety training by very competent dads. Saddam never even allowed the people to have access to weapons because he feared they would overthrow him. The only reason they have access to them now is because they're laying all over the street.