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2015-11-15 Europe

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Posted by Steve White 2015-11-15 00:00|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top

#1 "...from Bosnia and Herzegovina..."

Another Russian contribution to the world.

Surprised they were not drop-shipped from South Chicago....

Posted by Blossom Unains5562 2015-11-15 00:35|| 2015-11-15 00:35|| Front Page Top

#2 Another Russian contribution to the world.

Words fail

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2015-11-15 02:39|| 2015-11-15 02:39|| Front Page Top

#3 Sounds like they're singling out the evil east Europeans cause of reasons not being the guns, may be political. AK's are made and sold everywhere. How many millions(?) are sold to governments in the Mideast? Some of these govmints are muslim and not the friend of France or the west. Then we have ISIS being the du jour fall guy since al Qaeda is harder to spell.

Posted by BrerRabbit 2015-11-15 07:53|| 2015-11-15 07:53|| Front Page Top

#4 Another Russian contribution to the world

Not this time. Tito was his own special blend of mad-genius communism.

Posted by Pappy 2015-11-15 09:38|| 2015-11-15 09:38|| Front Page Top

#5 Albania deserves a mention as well.

Posted by Grunter 2015-11-15 11:02|| 2015-11-15 11:02|| Front Page Top

#6 AK's can be traced back to Mother Russia, no? Somebody is subsidizing their Pirozhki with rubles thereby made, I'm a guessin'.

Posted by Blossom Unains5562 2015-11-15 13:23|| 2015-11-15 13:23|| Front Page Top

#7 AK's can be traced back to Mother Russia, no?

No. The Balkan states are quite capable of making their own small-arms and light artillery weapons.

Posted by Pappy 2015-11-15 16:05|| 2015-11-15 16:05|| Front Page Top

#8 Eastern Euros including Ukrainian and Russian organized crime engage in a lot of smuggling including excise goods, as well as firearms.

Also, it should be noted that AKs privately go for between $450 to $700, roughly the same as in Europe.

And AKs are very easy to modify to hide their origin.

Posted by badanov 2015-11-15 16:44|| http://www.chriscovert.net 2015-11-15 16:44|| Front Page Top

#9 @#'s 2 & 7: I stand corrected, and thank you for your insights.

Posted by Blossom Unains5562 2015-11-15 17:36|| 2015-11-15 17:36|| Front Page Top

#10 "Surprised they were not drop-shipped from South Chicago"

Naaahhh, #1 BU - Chicago can't spare any. They need all their weapons for killing their own neighbors.

Posted by Barbara 2015-11-15 19:14|| 2015-11-15 19:14|| Front Page Top

#11 I had read somewhere, don't know if it is accurate, but when the Soviet Union needed reliable weapons, they made sure they were made in Czechoslovakia.

When it comes to the media, anything with a wood stock is an AK-47. Anything black is an AR-15 assault shotgun. Anything larger than a Suburban is a tank.

Posted by swksvolFF 2015-11-15 21:53|| 2015-11-15 21:53|| Front Page Top

#12 And a front end loader is a bulldozer.

Posted by Grunter 2015-11-15 22:19|| 2015-11-15 22:19|| Front Page Top

#13 @11: Germans made good use of excellent Czech/Skoda Works tanks during WW II. Czech weaponry historically famous for craftsmanship.

Posted by borgboy 2015-11-15 23:26|| 2015-11-15 23:26|| Front Page Top

#14 @4: Say what you want Tito kept Yugoslavia together in one piece. He also gave the Germans ulcers for 4 years.

Posted by borgboy 2015-11-15 23:28|| 2015-11-15 23:28|| Front Page Top

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