if the Syrian regime were as technologically well-equipped as most Western governments, this uprising would have been a very short one. Likewise, if the Syrian

if the Syrian regime were as technologically well-equipped as most Western governments, this uprising would have been a very short one. Likewise, if the Syrian uprising were as technologically well-equipped as a large fraction of Americans, the uprising would have been a very short one. Every year we field some 18,000,000 well-equipped civilian snipers in a live-fire live-target exercise aka "Operation Deer Season". This may explain why the US government is keen on disarming citizens of "assault weapons", even though such items are demonstrably less of a societal problem than stairs or swimming pools.