Slate -- If the NRA is Right, Why Can You Buy Guns In Iraq?

The NRA's basic premise is false. Chatterbox resisted this logic as long as he could. But reader Richard Antill notes that the United Kingdom, Germany, France, and many other western democracies (most, in fact) regulate guns much more heavily than the U.S., yet manage not to turn into police states. Maybe he's onto something. Of course, Lebanon and Somalia are other places where most people have guns. With guns you get gang rule, not democracy.