Brazil - thriving illegal submachine gun industry

[The Heretic]

http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2014/01/22/common-illicitly-homemade-submachine-guns-brazil/

Goes to show that making something illegal doesn't keep it out of the hands of criminals - just the opposite.

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[RVTECH]

While I DO NOT condone any illegal activity there is an interesting irony to consider maybe even a paradox. You cannot control something that is technically not supposed to exist so therefore this should render any controls on similar items that do exist worthless and completely ineffective.

 

[fuhr52]

Comforting to know how making certain drugs illegal has made a safer world. How's that working for us so far? I know if we only had the right people running the program.

 

[balaperdida]

While I DO NOT condone any illegal activity there is an interesting irony to consider maybe even a paradox. You cannot control something that is technically not supposed to exist so therefore this should render any controls on similar items that do exist worthless and completely ineffective.

Idaho controls concealed carry in spite of the Idaho Constitution prohibition on imposing licensure for possession of a firearm. "Possession" is the key word.

 

[Redcap]

Christ, someone with a couple machines and a little bit of knowledge could make a fortune down there.

I hear Brazil is nice this time of year.

 

[mjbskwim]

Christ, someone with a couple machines and a little bit of knowledge could make a fortune down there.

I hear Brazil is nice this time of year.

How day say 'redcap' in portageesee?

 

[TacticalDragQueen]

It is like this in all those "gun free" countries. Its truly depressing. Stens were labeled as bike parts in WW2 France.