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I'm sure if the entire country was heavily armed and bullets were handed out like sweets the situation would calm right down very quickly. The US arms industry would be happy to provide them with a nice bulk discount.

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We are talking about the Philippines. The guns do come from the US. The entire country is heavily armed -- compared to most countries -- especially Mindanao. Bullets are widely available. Some people would say this is exactly why the situation is not going to calm down and certainly not quickly.

I have several firearms (here in the US) that were made in the Philippines. I'm not so sure they're not a net arms exporter.

You seem very sure and I can't think of why you imagine this would work.

Give everyone a license to kill, give everyone a gun, and after that you think everything would just sort itself out? Do you believe that only the right people will survive and then everything will be fine?

Absolutely no risk of a violent degradation into chaos, looting, riots?

Feels like you are missing the sarcasm..

..I hope.

Yep, it looks like I did! But I have heard this sentiment before, especially in regards to gun control and gun saftey.

I've never liked using /sarcasm tags, but I have to concede they are sometimes necessary. Unbelievable as I find it, some people really do think that way.

Ah bummer, you are right, I missed the sarcasm. It's definitely a sentiment I have come across before though, and it always strikes me as an odd world view.

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