Posted on 10/08/2015 10:05:16 AM PDT by nickcarraway
It’s not hard to get your hands on illegal guns and rifles in America. It took me about two hours. I called a guy from the old neighborhood in LA, said something about a “piece”, and, hours later, I was staring at an AK-47 and an illegally modified AR-15, which were sitting on a kitchen table. Welcome to America.
Admittedly, he was surprised at my interest in being strapped since it’s been a good minute since I was about the life, but when I explained I was simply curious to see how long it’d take for me to get a gat, he agreed to the idea. He had some handguns, too, he said, although I didn’t see ‘em. I took his word for it after seeing the AK-47 and AR-15, because those weapons leave an impression.
Some of the weapons were smuggled in, while others were bought on the up and up – waiting period and all. Moving them is not his thing; he collects, and, on occasion, heads out to the desert with others to shoot. If I needed something, we could talk to another homie and with a few hundred dollars out of pocket, I’d be set. I passed on the opportunity.
I didn’t expect my search to be so successful – especially since the black market usually requires some know-how, something I don’t have much of these days, since, well, I’ve done a complete 180, and I rarely spend anytime even associating with people running afoul of the law. But it was shockingly easy.
Looking at these highly dangerous weapons, I felt deeply disturbed – despite being a veteran and having served in Iraq. There’s something about seeing these weapons here in the US and not in a combat zone; it makes it all too unsettling, as
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That’s nothin’.
Back in the mid 80s, middle school kids in Oakland were bringing handguns to school in their backpacks.
Black kids were shooting up the schools long before Columbine, but it was only a local story. The national media didn’t care.
An intrepid Oakland reporter went undercover and asked some kids—we’re talking 12 year olds here—if they could get her a gun. Kid told her no prob, 30 minutes tops. So she forks over $50 to a seventh grader, and he comes right back with a handgun.
Post 1986 ban full auto cannot be legally owned by private citizens. Pre 1986 full auto can be transferred (sold) to a private citizen.
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