I think that all depends on who controls what these armed civilians think. Having a country with weapons in every farm - and were not talking light weapons but full on assault rifles - must be a nightmare for the troops. You just never know, when abdul makes his mind up what to do, just exactly what he'll do. After all you may have 10 villages to your back which suddenly decide theyre gonna shoot you with theyre assault rifles and just what the hell you gonna do about that... lose soldiers for sure.
I still see no reason for a general populace to own weapons at all, but to own assault rifles and hardware the likes of RPG's and large calibre guns is rediculous. That includes America, Switzerland and all those other western nations. It doesnt hold out that its for protection and people just get killed all the time with them because you simply cant trust people with them at all. Theres nothing wrong with having an armoury in every major town, after all a war could happen and you have every right to protect yourself and your way of life... but at the time of necessity and not everyday on the off chance.
Guns are stupid.
People are stupid.
Mix em together and what do you get.....
