i went back to tahrir square with cnn's ian lee, who is based in cairo and covered the revolution. >> about 60 yards, 70 yards, you have the american embassy this way. >> reporter: there were folks still living in tents, but no traffic. give you a little tour of tahrir square, we're going to walk around, we can see the tents. there are folks still here. but this is a lot different than it used to be. >> this is completely different, right now we just have remnants of the protests that we saw, leading up to the constitutional referendum, people are really upset with president mohamed morsi and wanted the cancellation of the referendum. this is not -- what we're seeing right now is not really popular among the people. if you go outside of tahrir square, most people say it should be opened and functioning again, the heart of the city. but again, there are still a lot of people that are upset with the president. >> reporter: so these folks here, in these tents's these are the opposition to president morsi? >> yes, a lot of them are the opposition, but they don't make up all the opposition

cnn correspondent ian lee has been in egypt for several years and speaks arabic. he says there are serious divisions within the country. so talk about those divisions. >> well, on one side, you have the opposition, which in the past, has been unorganized. at this time, against present, they seem to have somewhat of an organization. and on the other side, you have the muslim brotherhood. you have the ultra-conservative sellfies, and you do have people who want stability in egypt. and they say, whoever leads us, we just want the country to move forward. so you have two camps, both sides believe they're right and both sides are vying for power. >> reporter: standing on a bridge over the nile river, the egyptologist, ahmed sadiq, says the future of egypt will largely depend on the can i. and we're watching it, obviously, very closely to see what's going on. >> i think if the economy recovers, all of this will disappear. >> reporter: morsi's bottom line, please be patient with the new egypt. he's only been in power for six months. real change takes time. >> you probabl

here's ian lee in cairo. s. >> reporter: gunfire outside the presidential palace in cairo last december, a fight between opponents and supporters of morsi. business owner ali witnessed the chaos unfold. reports from that night say both sides were shooting at each other. >> i saw lots of people from the protest side down, lots of injuri injuries. i saw with my own eyes more than six passed away. >> reporter: since the revolution, two years ago, ali is concerned about the security situation. >> i have this gun. this is the one i use, mine on my license. i don't have the shotgun as well. >> reporter: he's not the only one. egypt is awash in guns and egyptian security officials say serious gun crime is on the rise. >> people are eagerly, they want to buy guns due to the political instability that the country's having right now. >> reporter: brothers are among the few licensed gun dealers in egypt. they deal in pistols and shotguns and they're not cheap. these firearms range from $5,000 to $30,000, a single bullet