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Gun Control & RKBA
In reply to the discussion: Gun-control mistakes [View all]gejohnston
(17,502 posts)11. right here.
In Mexico, the private sale and transfer of firearms is prohibited without an extraordinary permit160 161
and there is one legal gun store in the country.
They also limit the number and caliber.
None of this affects the cartels, nor standard criminals. While many of the weapons, usually automatic, is US origin, they are military weapons stolen or sold to the cartels from the military. There is also evidence that cartels and other criminal organizations make their own.
and there is one legal gun store in the country.
They also limit the number and caliber.
None of this affects the cartels, nor standard criminals. While many of the weapons, usually automatic, is US origin, they are military weapons stolen or sold to the cartels from the military. There is also evidence that cartels and other criminal organizations make their own.
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And it didn't do a damn thing to control either mass shootings or regular murders
krispos42
Sep 2019
#53
What percentage of mass murders used handgans and non firearm weapons vs semi auto rifles?
Eko
Sep 2019
#62
Sorry, I inferred from that you thought an AWB would have stopped the Vegas shooting
discntnt_irny_srcsm
Sep 2019
#81