[quote="John Galt"][quote="Southern Dad"][quote="NAB"]There is now an additional hostage situation with a gunman holding 5 hostages at a kosher grocery store in Paris. Not sure if this is coordinated or merely a copy-cat situation.[/quote]
Where are all these people getting guns? Isn't it supposed to be illegal to have these types of firearms in France? We saw the first two police on scene understood gun control. They didn't have guns so they got the heck out of there. Good move on their part.[/quote]
Guns are not illegal in france. AK-47s certainly are, but they are in gun-toting-wild-west-America, too
you need special permits for semi automatics with more than three bullets and whatnot in france. it is rather draconian this is true, but none of these laws would have prevented this stuff (which was your point, i believe). stricter customs could possibly stop illegal weapons from entering the country, but even though it is small by american standards france is still a large country, with lots of points of entry[/quote]
What makes you say AK-47s are illegal? I've shot them in America. Perfectly legal.