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But it was a Gun-Free Zone!

Eeyore

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JoeSparky

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Not surprisingly, "gun buster" signs don't work in Afghanistan any better than they do in the U.S.

The resort in Kabul that was attacked by insurgents is posted. Maybe the terrorists couldn't read. The story is at http://www.stripes.com/news/relatives-gather-at-scene-of-grisly-slayings-at-kabul-hotel-1.181082
Click on the red View Gallery link; image #7 shows the sign. WARNING: several of the other photos are graphic.

Or they selected that location SPECIFICALLY BECAUSE they had a gun buster sign!
 

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To be effective, a sign, like that one, must rely upon the ability for the general populous having a rudimentary reading ability. Somehow I find it hard to believe that your average Mooj is going to be able to read.
 
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