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**VrQsgM7c** · 03-28-2011, 07:13 PM

The weapons are already legal.

What is illegal is selling them to an ineligible person. In this case there was all kinds of evidence that the guns being purchased were going to be used by someone other than the purchaser. That's illegal. Beyond that, there was reason to believe that the guns were going to be used by people who intended to use them for criminal activity. That's not only illegal but is also flat out stupid. On top of THAT it appears that this illegal activity was being conducted with the intent to manufacture evidence to support a political goal of restricting private ownership of semi-automatic weapons. That is tyranny.

I could be wrong here, but I believe gun laws are already much more restrictive in Mexico. If they had a market as open and legal as ours, then the value of these weapons would go down considerably in their market.

So, you're correct that the legality of these guns isn't an issue here, but it is over there.

The legality of the drugs being sold is an issue both here and there and could be similarly resolved through a process of decriminalization and legalization.

03-28-2011, 07:13 PM	#18
VrQsgM7c Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 511 Senior Member	The weapons are already legal. What is illegal is selling them to an ineligible person. In this case there was all kinds of evidence that the guns being purchased were going to be used by someone other than the purchaser. That's illegal. Beyond that, there was reason to believe that the guns were going to be used by people who intended to use them for criminal activity. That's not only illegal but is also flat out stupid. On top of THAT it appears that this illegal activity was being conducted with the intent to manufacture evidence to support a political goal of restricting private ownership of semi-automatic weapons. That is tyranny. I could be wrong here, but I believe gun laws are already much more restrictive in Mexico. If they had a market as open and legal as ours, then the value of these weapons would go down considerably in their market. So, you're correct that the legality of these guns isn't an issue here, but it is over there. The legality of the drugs being sold is an issue both here and there and could be similarly resolved through a process of decriminalization and legalization.
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