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Posted: 7/10/2002 12:11:54 PM EDT
[url]http://www.abcnews.go.com/sections/world/DailyNews/arms020710.html[/url]

ABCnews.com: A changed market for arms smugglers

Arms (Still) for Sale
How the Market Has Changed
for Dealers of Death Since 9/11

...Speaking from Small Arms Survey, a Geneva-based think tank, Karp told ABCNEWS, "The trade has declined but our sensitivities have also grown and there are obvious reactions to that."

"We haven't seen [Osama] bin Laden over here trying to buy guns," Boyd said.

But he was also careful to point out that the United States was not the only place to get small arms. "AK-47s are easy enough to get here but they're all over the place. There are few controls on them," Boyd said.

The AK-47, known in many parts of the world as the Kalshnikov, is produced in as many as 50 countries, according to Karp...
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Link Posted: 7/10/2002 12:35:07 PM EDT
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Link Posted: 7/10/2002 12:49:34 PM EDT
[#2]
Why would a terrorist wannabe come over here and pay $200 - 300 for a semi-auto in addition to the flight costs, when they can buy them in (insert 3rd world cesspool here) for $100 or less at Full Auto?


Those Gun Shows are evil, they spawn terrorism and supply arms to those terrorists...

Did you hear that the 911 hijackers had opened something like 30 bank accounts with false SSNs?

Link Posted: 7/10/2002 1:13:09 PM EDT
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Those Gun Shows are evil, they spawn terrorism and supply arms to those terrorists...
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Yes, soon we will be bludgeoned with Beanie-Babies and forced to eat curry-tainted jerky.
Link Posted: 7/10/2002 2:17:40 PM EDT
[#4]
Let's not forget the real threat......


KETTLE CORN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Link Posted: 7/10/2002 5:20:18 PM EDT
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Let's not forget the real threat......


KETTLE CORN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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And all this time I thought it was the beef jerky!
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