Yes, John P... You are also a student of American History... That's good... Too few of us...

And I have just moved from Virgina (gun show loophole capital of the uncivilized world) and know fully what you are talking about...

Here's the reality: I can rent a 26 foot box truck and drive to a gunb show in Richmond, Va. (They hold 'um out at the old Fairgrounds off Laburum Ave) and back that rental truck up and fill it with AK47s, ammunition and book on how to turn them into fully automatic weapons...

Automatic weapons in untrained hands is like giving folks a nuke... They are not all that accurate (think collateral damage here)... Yes, they put out a lot of lead but that lead isn't all that specific what it hits...

But that is the law... And that is why the rest of the world has to warn it's citizens about "our little problem" before they come to visit *US*...

Wonder how many more folks would come and drop their money here if we didn't have these crazy (lax) gun laws???

B~