May I respectfully disagree with your off-topic rant and incorrect recall of history?

Hint: which conflict in Iraq involved an invasion of Kuwait?

Also, stop using sneaky ad hominems like "blind".

TSCR; version (too short, couldn't read)

A federal law passed in 1986 prohibits citizens from owning select-fire (auto or burst) firearms made after 1986. In addition, previous laws required that you acquire a special license ("stamp") to possess one. Exceptions are for law enforcement and licensed firearms dealers.

Massachusetts has pretty strict gun laws. If this is a private corporation, well, I don't think its members should be having fully automatic weapons with 30 round mags.

Mind you, I don't think ANY police should have weapons that the general public can't, but that's a separate issue.

Nothing, be it person, corporation, government, or church can take these rights away from you. It has NOTHING to do with limiting the powers of the Federal government.

You contradicted yourself in two successive sentences.

America created the list and retroactively put people on the list, many people on the list are not rapists and the list causes cruel punishment for minor offenses in some cases.

Correct. I believe this came up in court somewhere and the decision was that it wasn't an ex post facto law because, oh, we're not legislating a punishment, we're just adding them to a list-- as if defaming people isn't a punishment.

I like Conan's daily To-Do list:

1. Crush your enemies.
2. See them driven before you.
3. Hear the lamentations of their women.