[dotancohen]

  > He came back with a gun

How easy is it for the common citizen to acquire a firearm in Lebanon? I believe that this man came back with a pistol, which ostensibly would be harder to come across than e.g. a hunting rifle, no?

[usr001]

Nowadays to buy one would be expensive, a black market.

But there is a defensive gun in every house in Lebanon. Some regions more than others. It's part of the history and, in a way, the culture.

There is no "random mass shootings" problem though. Innocent gun victims die in other ways, like stray bullets from celebrations in weddings and in speeches of political leaders, or the casual skirmish between the followers of two opposing political factions!

[kurupt213]

‘Celebrations’ like New Years in Los Angeles have the same danger

[dotancohen]

I see, thanks.

[IG_Semmelweiss]

Very easy.