Young housewives and older moms are among nearly 2 dozen people who bought assault rifles from Texas gun dealers in an alleged weapons smuggling ring tied to Mexican drug cartels. Federal agents announced February 8 they seized more than 200 weapons – including AK-47s and sniper rifles – and arrested 22 people. That’s amazing – from soccer moms to sniper moms. That’s quite a leap! Then again, considering the out-of-control drug problem in the U.S., there may be some logic to it. As usual, though, I’m sure the National Rifle Association (NRA) will say this is just an aberration. To be fair, I’m a firm supporter of the U.S. Constitution’s 2nd Amendment, as much as I am a supporter of the 1st Amendment. But, I don’t think our “Founding Fathers” had AK-47s in mind.
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