Various government entities have tried to ban the AK-47 for decades now. It’s a familiar tactic perpetrated by many regulators. First you restrict imports to “sporting rifles,” then ban parts, then capitalize on political turmoil and ban certain imports outright. No single weapon system has seen a greater effort at a ban, with the possible exception of “assault rifles” in general.Banning the import of Chinese weapons (including the AK variants) in 1993 did little but sell more rifles built elsewhere in the world. Like all these efforts, it served to make existing Chinese weapons more valuable.Exactly the same thing has …read more

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