14-02-2011, 04:27 AM
Quote:In that case, five top officials with a gun manufacturer called Sabre Defence Industries LLC stand accused of illegally trafficking gun parts, such as gun barrels and components, on an international scale. Sabre, now shut down in the wake of its run-in with the feds, made and marketed assault rifles and machine-gun components for military, law enforcement and civilian use worldwide.This was (perhaps is still?) a problem in the military back in my day. The weapons them selves are fairly strictly controlled and accounted for (but not all) but there was a large trade in the spare parts which seemed to be largely unregulated thereby creating a whole lot of new weapons which are not even in the statistics. I have heard it was the same in other militaries but can't say if things have changed one way or another. The Quatermaster is a very important person in the chain.
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“I think it would be a good idea” Ghandi, when asked about Western Civilisation.