Originally Posted by exerda
I wonder how many people in CA after that incident screamed, "Why aren't assault weapons banned?" without ever stopping to look and see that CA does in fact ban the very weapons those guys were using (not to mention the fact that they were also in violation of the NFA for possessing unregistered automatic weapons). Of course, banning bullet-proof vests would strike me as just the kind of knee-jerk reaction I'd expect with that incident... but I'm rambling into OMNI-land now.
The "very weapons" the Romanian immigrant bank robbers were
using during that dramatic bank robbery and shootout in L.A.
some years ago were fully AUTOMATIC weapons, which were
outlawed in the 1930's. With the proper federal permits, you can
still own them, after jumping through all the hoops....it's not easy.
The 1989 gun grabbing legislation that was passed in "Kalifornia"
banned new sales of a list of 19 SEMI automatic rifles, which
a few years later was expanded. Existing semi automatic rifles
were allowed if the owner paid a fee and registered them by a
certain date.....many people did not.
Interestingly enough, during the bank shootout in North
Hollywood, the cops went into a local gun shop pleading for
additional firepower, and the gun shop owner accomodated the
LAPD's request. It's lucky for the LAPD the gun shop owner
didn't say, "Sorry, but there's a 10 day waiting period!"
