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Old 08-26-2015, 02:53 PM
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Originally Posted by Pokesan [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]
Isn't that automatic? If you break the law you're a criminal. I'm not sure what you meant here.
With 100's of millions of small arms in the US, any prohibition on possession thereof would only be followed by rational law abiding citizens. The idea therefore that criminals would not have them is naive.

The policy could only hope to work where such weapons are already scarce and import is particularly burdensome.