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Old January 10, 2011, 07:42 PM   #6
alan
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From AMP, who said in part:
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semiautomatic rifles greater than .22 caliber with detachable magazines."

Does this mean that they want to track AKs but not ARs? (.223?)?
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I wouldn't think so, for isn't the AR-15 an "assault rifle", as media talking heads frequently describe it?

Consider it a trial balloon, or the camel's nose under the tent flap. If they can get this, using the Mexican "crisis" as an excuse, they will certainly ask for more later.
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Oh it absolutely is a "trial balloon, and re the deflating of balloons, trial or otherwise, which should be done RDN (Right Damned Now) has anyone got a pin, or lit cigarette, perhaps a lit cigar handy?

Belt fed machineguns and M16s with M203 40mm grenade launchers (recovered from drug gangs) are NOT being sold in border gun shops and smuggled to Mexico!
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Yes, in the U.S., there is that little matter of law, in this case, The National Firearms Act of 1934, notwithstanding state laws on the matter. That aside, the world is awash in AK-47's, real AK-47's, the ones that have SELECTIVE FIRE CAPABILITY, not the pale imitations thereof that one can purchase, at ridiculous prices, in the U.S.

The Mexican govt's excuse for not cleaning their own house is "we can't, because of all the guns coming from the US". And its total BS. They also claim the violence on the border is a result of the US demand for drugs (also BS), conveniently ignoring the fact that there is no such violence on the other US border, despite the same US "demand for drugs". If the Canadians are experiencing a huge murder rate and gang wars over drugs, we certainly are not hearing about it.
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The Mexican governments essential problem is CORRUPTION within Mexico. Drug demand in the U.S., might be an aggravating factor, but it's not the cause of problems experienced by the government of Mexico, and by the way, respecting the quite that exists along the U.S. Canadian border, notwithstanding the same demand for drugs, there isn't much shooting along or near this border, and believe it or not, there are criminals in Canada too.

BATFE is fishing. IF they can get the authority to track rifle sales the way they want, they will be able to come up with statistics to support a further increase in their power and mission.
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When if ever did they put the fish polls away? Self-aggrandizement is their middle name,

I could have commented at greater length but enough said is I think appropriate at this point.

Last edited by alan; January 10, 2011 at 07:45 PM. Reason: correction of spelling, actually rotten typing
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