Foreigners Can Carry Guns in Saudi Arabia

(Riyadh, Saudi Arabia) Reuters reports that Saudi Arabia will allow foreigners, threatened by militant violence in the kingdom, to carry guns for their protection. According to Interior Minister Prince Nayef bin Abdulaziz,

"In principle a Saudi has the right to carry a weapon, if he has a permit. Likewise a foreign resident, if he felt in danger he could get a permit to carry a weapon."

Sure! What a novel idea and it sounds so easy, doesn't it? If threatened, people can protect themselves by carrying a weapon ... in Saudi Arabia. But this idea doesn't fly in countries harboring utopians. Carrying a weapon for self protection uses common sense, a foreign concept to utopians. And, unfortunately, Western civilization happens to be overrun with utopians. Isn't it odd that, among the world's countries, people in Saudi Arabia are allowed to protect themselves to a greater degree than are people in Australia, Canada, Great Britain, or the United States? (Via Bastardsword)