[Gritty]

Do Mexican Cartels and armed drug mules and sicarios get to keep their magazines capable of more than 10 rounds and AR-15s or other rifles with a pistol grip or barrel shroud or any semi-auto pistols capable of holding magazines with more than 10 rounds?

Asking for a friend who doesn't want to have his family overwhelmed with heavily armed criminals and criminal alien invaders and assassins.

[CedarDave]

Do Mexican Cartels and armed drug mules and sicarios get to keep their magazines capable of more than 10 rounds and AR-15s or other rifles with a pistol grip or barrel shroud or any semi-auto pistols capable of holding magazines with more than 10 rounds?
Asking for a friend who doesn't want to have his family overwhelmed with heavily armed criminals and criminal alien invaders and assassins.

I don't believe they're exempted. I expect they will turn their guns in to LEO's. /s

B. A person shall not manufacture, import, possess, purchase, sell or transfer any assault weapon.
C. Subsection B of this section shall not apply to:
(1) any government officer, agent or employee, a member of the armed forces of the United States or a peace officer to the extent that such person is otherwise authorized to acquire or possess an assault weapon and does so while acting within the scope of that person's duties;
(2) the manufacture of an assault weapon by a firearms manufacturer for the purpose of sale to any branch of the armed forces of the United States or to a law enforcement agency in the state for use by that agency or its employees; provided that the manufacturer is properly licensed under federal, state and local laws; or
(3) the sale or transfer of an assault weapon by a dealer that is properly licensed under federal, state and local laws to any branch of the armed forces of the United States or to a law enforcement agency in the state for use by that agency or its employees for law enforcement purposes.

[Tijeras_Slim]

Drug dudes don’t care. They raided a storage unit in Albuquerque recently that belonged to a local gang and found a friggin’ German MG34 machine gun.