- Mar 9, 2011
- 70,193
- 83,970
- 3,635
Just in time for Christmas shopping, too. I bet they don't even require a background check.
"Some soldiers and police sold their weapons and ammunition before they negotiated their surrenders. Weapons dealers would pay about $1,200 for a single U.S.-service Beretta M9 handgun, the gun merchants said far more than a soldier's monthly salary, at a time when many police and soldiers were not being paid or resupplied with ammunition, food or water.
American M4 carbines sell for about $4,000, the dealers said, especially if equipped with a laser sight or under-barrel grenade launcher. In contrast, a Kalashnikov rifle sells for about $900, the dealers said, and a Russian-made rocket-propelled grenade launcher for about $1,100. Pistols that NATO forces supplied to Afghan police officers sell for about $350. Almost all their transactions are in Pakistani rupees, and in cash, the dealers said..."
For Sale Now: U.S.-Supplied Weapons in Afghan Gun Shops
"Some soldiers and police sold their weapons and ammunition before they negotiated their surrenders. Weapons dealers would pay about $1,200 for a single U.S.-service Beretta M9 handgun, the gun merchants said far more than a soldier's monthly salary, at a time when many police and soldiers were not being paid or resupplied with ammunition, food or water.
American M4 carbines sell for about $4,000, the dealers said, especially if equipped with a laser sight or under-barrel grenade launcher. In contrast, a Kalashnikov rifle sells for about $900, the dealers said, and a Russian-made rocket-propelled grenade launcher for about $1,100. Pistols that NATO forces supplied to Afghan police officers sell for about $350. Almost all their transactions are in Pakistani rupees, and in cash, the dealers said..."
For Sale Now: U.S.-Supplied Weapons in Afghan Gun Shops