Machine guns, IN THE HANDS OF CRIMINALS pose a serious danger to the community, which is why they are so carefully regulated, said David Nahmias, U.S. attorney for the Northern District of Georgia.
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...weapons that, as a convicted felon, he was not allowed to own....
he's not arguing that TI shouldn't be arrested. He's arguing that it's dumb to say that everyone with an automatic weapon is going to use it in a dangerous way / in a crime.