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Originally Posted by FlamesAddiction
Iraq under Saddam Hussein had one of the most heavily armed civilian populations in the world (I believe it was second only to the U.S. at the time). It's one of the major reasons toppling him from the inside was practically impossible. Today, Yemen holds that honour. One of the first things the U.S. did when they occupied Iraq was take their guns away.
In most parts of the world, assault weapons are seen as a tool of oppression and not freedom.
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I remember reading a Guardian news byline back in the 70's, while China was still under the Gang of Four about a train blowing up in rural china and the authorities were unable to decide whether it was a terrorist act by some disgruntled ethnic (code for Tibetian) group or just some guy who was going fishing with dynamite and screwed up, apparently you could just buy dynamite to fish with in commie China