Thanks, you come late to the conversation.
I have been edified that (with proper ATF filings) pretty much anyone can buy anything they want, if they can find the seller.
Yes, we've lost ground in Afghanistan since going in to blast the hills where we thought Osama Bin Laden was hiding.  But I was speaking of a all out effort on domestic soil ala a "second civil war".  I don't think we are demonstrating in Afghanistan the urgency we would have in that hypothetical home front scenario (which is one reason we are failing). When we were fully committed, we blew Sadam Hussain off the battlefield...and once again, not having full resolve to finish Gulf War 1 lead to the necessity of a second effort.