Laws banning foreigners from carrying guns in Saudi Arabia are to be relaxed after several bloody attacks on expatriates in the desert kingdom.
The interior minister said that expatriates fearing for their safety could seek a weapons permit.
Until now, all non-citizens - including private security guards - have been banned from bearing arms.
The Saudi Interior Minister, Prince Nayef bin Abdulaziz, said foreigners would now be allowed to apply for a permit to carry a gun in the manner of Saudi citizens.
"In principle, a Saudi has the right to carry a weapon, if he has a permit," he said.
"Likewise a foreign resident, if he felt in danger, he could get a permit to carry a weapon."
Interesting.
Most countries' reaction to attacks like this would be to tighten up on or ban weapons altogether.
I have my doubts about how effective a pistol would be against a group of AK or G3 wielding terrorists, but it does give one options that wouldn't be possible otherwise and it probably would be a psychological comfort.
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Col. Crackpot wrote:in a related story, Riyadh has been renamed Dodge City.
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Eh, most terrorist attacks occur indoors, so an assault rifle is mostly wasted bulk and firepower anyway. I don't think these guys are wearing kevlar, so a good .45 would be nice to have around (of course a MP7 or MP5K would be more ideal, but I don't think the Interior Ministry has that in mind).
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Col. Crackpot wrote:in a related story, Riyadh has been renamed Dodge City.
Do you contribute anything?
Eh, most terrorist attacks occur indoors, so an assault rifle is mostly wasted bulk and firepower anyway. I don't think these guys are wearing kevlar, so a good .45 would be nice to have around (of course a MP7 or MP5K would be more ideal, but I don't think the Interior Ministry has that in mind).
But if the retards charge in a house by groups of 6 or 10 fuckheads,the 45 won't help much.
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Col. Crackpot wrote:in a related story, Riyadh has been renamed Dodge City.
Do you contribute anything?
Eh, most terrorist attacks occur indoors, so an assault rifle is mostly wasted bulk and firepower anyway. I don't think these guys are wearing kevlar, so a good .45 would be nice to have around (of course a MP7 or MP5K would be more ideal, but I don't think the Interior Ministry has that in mind).
But if the retards charge in a house by groups of 6 or 10 fuckheads,the 45 won't help much.
Unless the .45 you're talking about is an old Peacemaker revoler, you can still do a lot damage with a mordern automatic.
Old revolvers were brutal weapons, tossing low-velocity lumps of blunt lead around, and were often more powerful than modern weapons.
Unless you mean in regards to firing rate and magazine capacity, in which case you were right.
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Saudi Arabia is just a great place when it comes to personal weapon, apparently the first gun law they enacted mere set a limit of three inches on such armament, three inches being the bore diameter allowed. This was to avoid the Army being outgunned by local tribes, but still allowing them ot have small cannons which where often fired at celebrations.
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Col. Crackpot wrote:in a related story, Riyadh has been renamed Dodge City.
Dodge City?
This seems like a good solution, but I question it's effectiveness.
"Oh no, oh yeah, tell me how can it be so fair
That we dying younger hiding from the police man over there
Just for breathing in the air they wanna leave me in the chair
Electric shocking body rocking beat streeting me to death"
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Sea Skimmer wrote:Saudi Arabia is just a great place when it comes to personal weapon, apparently the first gun law they enacted mere set a limit of three inches on such armament, three inches being the bore diameter allowed. This was to avoid the Army being outgunned by local tribes, but still allowing them ot have small cannons which where often fired at celebrations.
Sounds like fun. *dreams of automatic grenade launchers*
*dreams of automatic grenade launchers*