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04-18-2005, 01:03 PM | #1 |
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4/18/2005: Rwandan gun burn
Another xoB WaPo: here Rwandan officials are having an official burn of weapons and ammo. They're trying to stop trafficking of small arms in the area. |
04-18-2005, 01:26 PM | #2 |
I think this line's mostly filler.
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Hopefully no loaded ones slipped through...
It reminds me of this sculture in DC:
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04-18-2005, 01:37 PM | #3 |
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...considering I can see what looks like two browning 50cal machineguns on that burning pile I wonder about their definition of small arms.
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04-18-2005, 01:44 PM | #4 |
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Always aim them downwards when setting them on fire.
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04-18-2005, 02:00 PM | #5 |
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All they're doing is taking guns away from civilians. Again...
Everybody take notes.
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04-18-2005, 02:21 PM | #6 |
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Chances are it's a touch more complex than that, there are so many forces at work there, political, tribal, military, milita that nothing tends to be what it seems.
Fun fact: Many African militas issue thier guys with guns but no ammo.
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04-18-2005, 04:10 PM | #7 |
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04-18-2005, 04:11 PM | #8 |
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A lot of them are probably AK-47s. Put a new stock on them and they'll be ready to use again.
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04-18-2005, 04:25 PM | #9 |
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Ok hippies , what does that have to do with us?
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04-18-2005, 04:27 PM | #10 | |
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Quote:
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04-18-2005, 05:40 PM | #11 |
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i have seen Gubment folks clear out the furnes deck at a steel mill and dump LOTS of FINE comfiscated weapons in the furnes , AK's , HK's , M16's , M4's , Shotguns of EVERY description , and just about EVERY kind of pistol and you can imagen , it made me SICK !!!!!!!
Worse thou was the time i was at a recycle center , 3-4 Sherrif deputies apeared and did a quick sweep of the premisis , then brought in 3-4 big boxes of comfiscated weapons , the recycle center used a hydrolic chopper called a Pirana to reduce these guns to LITTLE bitty pieces , slow and PIANFULL !!!!! I almost cryed !!!!!!!!
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04-18-2005, 07:49 PM | #12 |
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And all of it pointless.
I'm still waiting for a buy-back to try something I read about. Work out a deal with a local pawn shop to allow me to transport some of their firearms and when the buy back happens I'll go to the pawn shop and get all of their behind the counter, piece of shit weapons they won't sell. Turn them in and split the money with the shop owner.
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04-18-2005, 09:35 PM | #13 |
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Zip, and that was only the times you happened to see it, lots more you didn't.
The US has reached a point of saturation that make these "feel good on the 6 O'clock news" projects, just silly.
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04-19-2005, 10:29 AM | #14 |
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There was at least one gun buy-back where gun dealers were bringing over NEW guns (Lorcin, I believe) and getting more than they paid for them. I wonder if they'd accept a length of iron pipe and a nail....
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04-19-2005, 10:45 AM | #15 |
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That's the point, buy backs are stupid. You get old people ditching their breech loaders and thugs ditching weapons they used to shoot somebody.
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