"I forgot to mention that we're to turn in our weapons."
Due to these measures, some gradually turned in their weapons and phased themselves out.
Under the proposed legislation, gun owners would have one year to turn in their weapons to the government.
Do they turn in their weapons, or wait for a reprieve if the revised ban becomes law?
They are supposed to turn in their weapons as well, though compliance has been spotty, Palestinian officials say.
"Most of the clan leaders say they will turn in their weapons so long as the others do," a State Department official said.
He asked Mogadishu's various clan militias to turn in their weapons or face the consequences.
The problem is, have the former Stasi people turned in their weapons?
Two years ago, the government offered amnesty to rebels who turned in their weapons, though most refused and an effort at negotiations failed.
They'd turned in their weapons and were obviously discussing the zeroing with enthusiasm.