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Edited on Thu Mar-01-07 07:05 AM by benEzra
that's a procurement problem, not a law problem. The police have top-of-the-line handguns, and automatic weapons for SWAT, or semiautomatic carbines as patrol rifles. Civilians can't buy anything better than that without Federal permission (BATFE Form 4). Mere possession of an M203-type grenade launcher without permission will get a "civilian" 10 years in Federal prison, but police departments can buy as many as they want.
The weapons "on the streets" are almost exclusively handguns and knives, not rifles, per the FBI:
www.fbi.gov/ucr/05cius/data/table_20.html
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