[dfrussell]

This appears to be a poorly written article against fully automatic weapons... which is sophistry at best as they have been illegal in the US for quite some time.

One would hope that the mess is intentional rather than just another really sloppy editorial.

[BlackbirdSST]

This appears to be a poorly written article against fully automatic weapons... which is sophistry at best as they have been illegal in the US for quite some time.

It is indeed a poorly written article, but, I can go buy a fully automatic weapon any day of the week right here in the good ole US of A, if I'm willing to shell out the buck's and pay the TAX! They are not illegal in the US. Blackbird.

[RogueIsland]

as they have been illegal in the US for quite some time

Yes and no. In many states you can buy a full auto manufactured before a certain date (I don't remember what date, offhand) as long as you pay a federal tax and jump through a number of bureaucratic hoops. But it might just as well be illegal given the cost and inconvenience.

[El Gato]

which is sophistry at best as they have been illegal in the US for quite some time.

No they are not. A guy formely working in my group had two of them, and a grenade launcher. Highly regulated they are, and in some states, but not Texas, they are indeed illegal for mere citizens to own. But on the federal level they are just higly regulated and taxed. The tax is the "excuse" for the regulation, but now they won't accept the tax on newly manufactured guns (since '86).