[Starmyth]

Armed civilians would remove their non combatant status. Increasing their point value is an excellent way to penalize their 'protector'. In most poverty sticken countries civilians would be lucky to have more than a knife. Also, creating a 'politicians' class could be interesting. For must protect at all costs, or must kill situations. With appropriate high points assigned. In a US vs US civil war there would be lots of armed civilians.