If all Iraqis have an M-16, the whole region will be peaceful. I'm sure that the NRA said something similar. Oh, and of course then no foreign power will be able to occupy the land either...
No no no Rory , it is that if they all had guns then they could overthrow their government if they didn't like it , and of course in self defense shoot any agent of the government who came to take their guns away .
It is vitally important that citizens should have guns ,and even more vital that the government should have no permanant record of who exactly has which guns just in case they decide to try and take guns off people .