Kalashnikov sales to America boom
Super! Americans must be so pleased the Kalashnikov factory is doing a booming trade supplying assault weapons to garage door installers. What a wonderfully safe place to live. Heaven forbid, in the wake of recent tragedies, we discuss the forbidden topic of gun control.
Izhevsk, the town in Russia where the Kalashnikov rifle is made, is booming. The town is exporting Kalashnikovs by the boatload to the USA, where gun collectors are snapping them up. It’s likely the case that more Americans will by killed by other Americans wielding Kalashnikov than were ever killed by Russians with the Soviet-era gun. Andrew E. Kramer has more in the NYT:
“I bought a Saiga because it was made in Russia, right beside its big brothers, the AKs,” Josh Laura, a garage door installer and former Marine in Maryville, Tenn., said in a telephone interview. “No rifle in the world has been as reliable as this one.”
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