I have held a revolver and an AK before, at times of the Gulf war, a lot of people got some arms and plenty of masks then. There was a lot of fright in the Eastern Region. A lot of people handed their weapons after the Interior Ministry made a huge PR run to disarm the citizens so they protect themselves of being wrongly accused of terrorist ties. Even with that, there are people who still have firearms in their possession and sometimes tragedy befalls the Saudi’s when some idiot uses them to resolve a conflict.

The problem is not here who saves the Saudi society from drowning in the pits of hell.. like 2 people in a car would drive the world down the road to apocalypse.. the problem is.. who saves the Saudi from the transgressions of the Vice police? When all they have to do is claim that you are a liar, your family smuggles drugs and they are all morally dissolved of any decency.. while they stand over your corpse with bloodied hands.

Hundreds of empty catridges was probably due to lack of fun activities; other than let me shoot a gun off a million times.

I know when I’d go off-roading and stop by an area that had been used for camping by Saudis, I’d often find dozens, if not hundreds, of empty cartridges scattered around a campfire site.

Exuberance, hunting, poaching, training? Who knew?

I do also think it is a good thing that is hard to get a license for firearms in Saudi because tempers there seem to get aroused quite easily…

Perhaps if someone is a hunter they might have a firearm or if they have a stiraha (Farm or greenhouse/ relaxation house in the desert). I don’t know the proper translation of the word…or if they are a terrorist but I doubt they would fire on the mutawa.

Maybe if they are in the army or military. I think a dog will do the job that is why mutawas don’t like them.

“She says that the incident has instilled fear in her about venturing out of the house.”

That is the point darling. Also, I am sure it has instilled fears in your dear husband too! I think she needs to go for a walk out on the streets at 2:00 a.m. with her husband in front of the commission and have like a sting operation this time to set them up.

My husband gives the stare of death if anyone looks at us…kinda freaky. No one ever really messes with us…we were accused of not being husband and wife once and my husband went ballistic only because a commission member talked to me. He is quite manipulative and was able to turn the tables quite effectively in a short time. He got all the other commission members on his side. That was like 14 years ago…

I can see why the woman’s brother tried to go to the commission because touching is way out of line with what is acceptable in Saudi Arabia.

Maybe something in a rooftop bubble? And stickers on the car saying, “This car has eyes and ears.”