LOS ANGELES – Authorities have arrested three Philippine nationals on charges of violating arms import laws by selling a grenade launcher and other weapons to an undercover officer.A grenade launcher and fully automatic weapons? Haven't we been told these were readily available at any gun show in the continental United States? I am a little curious about the "sniper rifle", given that most high-end accurate rifles are bolt-action or semi-automatic at most - it would seem to be more of a question of import permits rather than gun laws violated. It's actually rather surprising - it would seem that this would be the perfect match for the Øbama administration in their quest to arm Mexican drug gangs...
The men were charged under the Arms Export Control Act in a criminal complaint unsealed Thursday in the Central District of California.
It does bring to mind numerous questions, like how many of these shipments are not intercepted? How many actual, honest-to-goodness machine guns and such are finding their way into the hands of gang members and other undesirables? It's folly to think that the only illicit substances being funneled to the various gangs are drugs. Despite the bleating of the Bradys and such, true automatic weaponry is quite rare in the US - the gang that could come up with an significant advantage in firepower would rule their turf...
Just when you thought you ran out of things to worry about...
That is all.
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If memory serves correctly, The Dragunov and PSL rifles use an auto sear in their original configurations as a safety feature.
While they have no native automatic setting, the 'third hole' on the PSL makes it a machine gun.
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