From: Paul Reilly, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Gentlemen:
I cannot comment on whether an individual American company may ship weapons
to a buyer in Great Britain, but I would not that I have never seen a
semi-automatic weapon that can fire a burst, that is multiple shots with a
single pull of the trigger. If that technical note is a measure of the
accuracy of the article as a whole it should be ignored.
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Let's critique shall we?:
>MACHINE GUNS FOR SALE ON THE INTERNET:
Actually semi-autos
>
>Lethal Kalashnikonv sub-machine guns and rifles are being sent to British
>buyers by US arms dealers. A salesman for a US company, Kalashnikov-USA
>Midwest, based in Michigan, last week confirmed that they have already sent
>weapons to buyers from the UK.
Kalashnikov USA is actually based in Port St. Lucie, Florida, one assumes
this is a subsidary though I've never heard of them.
>And he also claimed that they sold a number
>of Kalashnikov rifles and ammunition to a group of Scots businessmen he met
>at the 'Shot Show' in New Orleans, the world's biggest hunting and shooting
>fair.
No mention that this would be illegal under US Federal law which prohibits
the sale of firearms to non-resident aliens without the permission of
the US Attorney General.
>We phoned a sales representative of K-USA who identified himself as
>Don. he said he could ship lethal AK-103 portable sub-machine guns direct
>to the journalist's home.
Thereby violating the Arms Export Control Act and also the prohibition
on interstate transfers by mail in the Gun Control Act.
>We explained that we were representing a collector
>who did not want to approach the company himself and were instructed to
>phone Don's boss, Steve, on Monday to go over the order. Ironically, even
>in the USA, where gun laws are extremely relaxed, dealers are not permitted
>to sell Kalashnikov sub-machine guns to the public.
The AK-103 is the Saiga rebuilt with enough US made parts that it evades
the import ban on semi-autos. It is not fully-automatic and is not even
really a semi-automatic Kalashnikov, it is a semi-automatic rifle that
resembles a Kalashnikov.
>The weapons are lightweight, capable of firing rapid bursts in all weathers
>and extremely easy to use. K-USA's
>catalogue of weapons, ammunition and accessories are easily browsed online.
>A member of a Scots shooting club, who did not want to be named, said, "
>There is absolutely no legitimate use for Kalashnikovs in the UK because
>they semi-automatic, which means that they can fire short bursts to deadly
>effect. You would certainly not get a permit to own one of these weapons
>here."
A member of a Scots shooting club, probably made up because any shooter
who has ever been exposed to a .22 semi-auto knows they don't fire in
bursts.
>A spokesman for HM Customs and Excise said' " We are concerned at
>the import of firearms from abroad via mail order sources, particularly from
>the USA. We have recovered a number of firearms in recent years, the most
>notable being a rocket launcher.
And that rocket launcher was not actually illegal to possess in the UK.
>People who try to buy from the States run a high risk of losing a lot of
>money and facing arrest and conviction when caught. Most US companies
>don't give a hoot about UK gun laws and will still take the money."
Although most of them, such as Brownells, do point out that you are liable
at your end for all the appropriate paperwork and you aren't going to get
your money back if you haven't got it.
Steve.
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