Nova wrote:
Swingman wrote:

"Mike Marlow" wrote


Actually - no. Here in the US, and in other places around the
world, guns are commonplace. Yet - no warring citizens.


Not yet, anyway. Strong advocate of 2nd Amendment rights, so no
argument there. But, what worries me is how much of the illegal
immigrant population is currently armed to the teeth? Especially
with the Mexican drug cartel increasingly more active *inside* our
border.

Maintaining "weapon parity" is something the average citizen is not
going to consider.


Can you still legally purchase fully automatic weapons in Texas???
;-)

The states that I'm aware of with full-auto bans are California,
Connecticut, and maybe New York (I'm not clear on whether the Sullivan
Act applies to the whole state or just NYC). However the Feds have
outlawed sales to citizens of any made or imported after 1986, and
between that and the transfer tax the prices have gone through the
roof.

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