It would appear that, despite the screeching of the anti-gun bigots here, the U.S. doesn’t have the most lax or ignored gun laws. Yemen seems to enjoy a bit more freedom in that regard.
“I have cannons, missiles, Kalashnikovs, anti-aircraft guns and hand grenades,” said community leader Mohammed Naji, sitting cross-legged in his house in the Yemeni capital, Sana’a. “This is a part of our culture, and a tribesman can give up everything except his gun.”
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The report said it was relatively easy to obtain surface-to-air missiles in Yemen.
Too bad their culture is so messed up in other ways. Revenge killings are just a bit too crude for my tastes.
Even Iraq’s better by that regard: U.S. forces allow Iraqi civilians to keep one Kalashnikov assault rifle inside the house but not to carry weapons in the street. (source: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2006/05/27/MNGTGJ3K7M1.DTL)