Police ban all firearms in Diyala

[unhappycamper]

Iraqi army soldiers prepare for a clearing operation northeast of Baqouba last week.


Police ban all firearms in Diyala
By Sean Kimmons, Stars and Stripes
Mideast edition, Wednesday, August 27, 2008

DIYALA PROVINCE, Iraq — The police chief of this restive province has ordered a ban on all firearms, including AK-47 rifles to which every Iraqi household is entitled.

Iraqi police Maj. Gen. Maj. Gen. Abdul al-Kareem Khaleef said he issued the firearms ban after a fatal shooting in Baqouba, the province’s capital, which killed one policeman and injured four civilians on Sunday.

"No civilians can have them or they will be detained," warned Khaleef through a translator on Monday. He added that only Iraqi security forces and government security guards will be allowed to possess the weapons.

The blanket ban is Khaleef’s attempt to sway violence in a region not fully secured yet. He plans to send Iraqi police throughout the province to collect weapons.

"I will go after the criminals until we get them all," he said, adding that the ban will stay in effect for as long as he’s in charge.


Rest of article at: http://www.stripes.com/article.asp?section=104&article=57011

[grannie4peace]

1. call the NRA!!!!!

[hobbit709]

2. That will work real well-NOT!

Didn't they try this before with some rather disastrous results for the person that came up with that idea.

[billyoc]

3. Collect all guns, then watch them get stolen all at once.

:eyes:

[Crowman1979]

4. And sold on the black market.

To the same people they stole them from.