This is truly sad if this trend continues Iraq with a current violent death rate of 27 per 100k people may one day be as dangerous as New Orleans (pre-Katrina) with 53/100k or Rio with 82 killings everday or 55/100k. How about Cloumbia with 63/100k or maybe they could beat out the Caribbean paradise of Jamaica with 32/100k. They may even be able to make the UN study of violence list which currently list the worlds most violent countries as 1. Scotland, 2. England, 3. Wales. Not trying to suggest that Iraq is not a dangerous place to be, just trying to keep the hype and politics about the war in perspective with the facts.
And yes Iraqi males are allowed 1 AK-47 per household, but it should be noted most of the worlds most dangerous cities have very strict gun control laws (Mexico for instance will put you in prison for the possession of a single bullet, but has very high murder rates) strict gun laws have never and will never lead to lower murder rates.