Fears of violent crime abound in Egypt, a nation still mired in upheaval. The security crisis has been one of the revolution’s darkest legacies, with the country’s leaders—first the generals who succeeded Mubarak, and now Mohamed Morsi, who was elected president in June—failing to see order restored. Suffocated by police abuse under Mubarak, Egyptians now say the police have pulled back, leaving them to fend for themselves. This has led to a surge in vigilante justice and, as Bloomberg reports, a booming market in illegal guns, fueled by regular citizens looking for protection.
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