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Re:Paris Shootings and Explosions Kill Over 100, Police Say by clock_tower on Friday November 13, 2015 @08:15PM (#10563816)
I'm very curious about where the attackers got those firearms. France isn't as heavily disarmed as England, but it isn't exactly the United States for firearms availability; if any of the offenders' weapons can be recovered, I'm sure there will be interesting things to learn from their serial numbers.
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Re:Paris Shootings and Explosions Kill Over 100, Police Say by kryptiskt on Friday November 13, 2015 @08:28PM (#10563874)
There are open borders in most of EU and it's a piece of cake to buy automatic weapons in eastern Europe, gangs in Sweden import theirs from Slovakia for example.
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Re:Paris Shootings and Explosions Kill Over 100, Police Say by gozo on Saturday November 14, 2015 @12:41AM (#10564630)
That is only because up until recently you could buy blank fire guns in Slovakia that were easily converted to real guns. Otherwise most of the weapons are from the Balkans as a consequence of the war.
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Re:Paris Shootings and Explosions Kill Over 100, Police Say by clock_tower on Friday November 13, 2015 @09:25PM (#10564118)
I hadn't known that it was as bad as that! (Other posters here mention old Soviet arms caches, and the general surplus of weapons spread by the fall of Communism.) It sounds like the UK benefits quite a bit from being on an island... (Are they in Schengen or not?)
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Re:Paris Shootings and Explosions Kill Over 100, Police Say by e12e on Friday November 13, 2015 @09:32PM (#10564152)
The UK and Ireland are outside of Schengen. Hence the improvised refugee/homeless camp on the Calais side of the tunnel.
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Re:Paris Shootings and Explosions Kill Over 100, Police Say by mkhpalm on Friday November 13, 2015 @08:28PM (#10563875)
Outlawing guns is a lot like outlawing drugs. If you want them, you can get them.
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Re:Paris Shootings and Explosions Kill Over 100, Police Say by TomGullen on Friday November 13, 2015 @09:27PM (#10564121)
Drugs I could find. Guns? Wouldn't have a clue where to start.
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Re:Paris Shootings and Explosions Kill Over 100, Police Say by beachstartup on Friday November 13, 2015 @10:24PM (#10564293)
uh, well, that's probably because you're not a criminal or terrorist.
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Re:Paris Shootings and Explosions Kill Over 100, Police Say by steckerbrett on Friday November 13, 2015 @10:33PM (#10564320)
Technically finding illegal drugs would make you a criminal.
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Re:Paris Shootings and Explosions Kill Over 100, Police Say by DrScump on Saturday November 14, 2015 @02:06AM (#10564804)
I'd bet that your drug dealer has suitable connections.
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Re:Paris Shootings and Explosions Kill Over 100, Police Say by uououuttt on Friday November 13, 2015 @11:49PM (#10564505)
Start selling drugs, then ask your higher-ups. Illegal guns are not hard to find in most US cities and surprisingly cheap too.

Or just go to a gun show in the South.

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Re:Paris Shootings and Explosions Kill Over 100, Police Say by kalleboo on Saturday November 14, 2015 @12:11AM (#10564565)
Possibly stolen from the french military... http://www.france24.com/en/20150707-explosives-stolen-france...
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Re:Paris Shootings and Explosions Kill Over 100, Police Say by agumonkey on Saturday November 14, 2015 @02:08AM (#10564809)
see here https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10564799
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