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Thread #116335 Message #2497696
Posted By: pdq
19-Nov-08 - 12:11 PM
Thread Name: BS: Gun ban - yep already
Subject: RE: BS: Gun ban - yep already
"...on the table next to it for 8 bucks is a manual to convert it to fully auto..."
Maybe so, but buying the pamphlet is not a crime. Civil Liberties types have made sure that most distateful literature cannot be prohibited.
Buying the AK-47 is not a crime in most of the US. It is just another rifle that fires one round each time you depress the trigger. Not much different that the "6 shooter" in the 1800s.
Crime and not committed until the AK-47 is converted to automatic (=machine gun status) or until it is used to threaten people, hurt people or damage property.