As residents of Benghazi take up arms with little or no training, students who have taken weapons from Gaddafi's depots say they are now most comfortable when carrying their rifles.
With the international debate continuing over whether to send guns to anti-Gaddafi fighters, the arming of Benghazi society has gone almost unnoticed.
Al Jazeera's Laurence Lee, reporting from the city on Libya's coast, examines residents' new interest in weaponry.
