[DoughtyOne]

Unless you are willing to see the body count rise, you're going to have to eliminate the means to effect that body count.

Individual Iraqis are not the targets. The police, occupational forces and political leaders are.

I might be willing to modify my stand to allow pistols for personal and family protection, but the large guns and explosives must be neutralized.

[GraniteStateConservative]

They need to be able to arm themselves to defend themselves from the next tyrannical government in Iraq. What, are we going to disarm them and then re-arm them later?