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Compare these appalling casualty figures to the slightly over 1,000 U.S. Armed Service personnel and private contractors who were killed in Iraq and Afghanistan during the same period. Clearly we gun-toting Americans are our own worst enemies.

Only 1000 killed and I assume this number also includes IUDs correct?
And this in a country where Everyone has an automatic weapon, Several million people, nearly as many guns and only 1000 deaths.
Sounds like an armed society is a polite and safe society to me.
Bring on open carry

Do you think citizens should be able to carry arms equivalent to those that our military carry?

No, I don't really think so. I don't see any real need for private citizens to own an M60 Machine gun or any of the other full rock n roll toys that the military has. Doesn't mean I wouldn't like to own one, that would be cool, but for me it would be a wall hanger, I wouldn't want to pay to feed the thing.
What the media and anti gun folks scare folks with are what is called "Asault Rifles" and the picture they show with that definition is a full combat AK47 or M16 of FN FAL loaded up with goodies like large capacity magazines, night scoped, tac lites and the like.
The AK47 has garnered the image as one of the most evil looking weapons out there, so usually thats what gets posted up.
Reality on the street is most people own an AR15 which is a semi auto M16, or an AK knock off in semi auto, those only fire 1 bullet every time you pull the trigger.
Point is, you don't need a high capacity weapon to do a huge amount of dammage, 1 guy with a wheel bun and 4 extra speed loaders could have made the same body count. I can shoot that good and I know a Lot of other people that can too. Hell, you lock yourself in a room with 20 kindergardners and have a baseball bat you can get there.
So, no we don't need military quality weapons, doesn't mean I can't own one that looks military, looks don't kill people, crazy motherfuckers with guns do.