Posted on 03/15/2014 1:59:21 PM PDT by nickcarraway
On a national scale, they would complete FOOLS for giving up their ‘nukes’.
It makes total sense to allow their citizens to be armed. Under the current circumstances, it might even be wise to make it mandatory. Every household armed with AKs, 1,000 rounds of ammo, and some magazines.
Given how so many in their country desire to join the EU, I doubt they would be smart enough to implement such a policy, however.
If every Ukrainian had a rifle and 300 rounds of ammunition, that might make the Russians rethink whatever invasion ideas they might have. The Ukrainian government should be building militia formations right now.
Did Clinton FORCE them to, when they signed that ridiculous Budapest Memorandum in 1994?
There are nearby countries who can and will, no doubt, start providing them with firearms. If Putin pushes for a full takeover, let’s hope the Ukrainians defend their homeland and send lots of Russians home dead. Then, we’ll see how great of a leader the ex-KGB and autocrat Putin is.
Ruger should sell them mini 14s and mini 30s. Heck even a million 10/22s would help.
in fact I can imagine obama’s goons sniping people in Times Square, in the nation’s Capitol, and kicking in doors.
Lend Lease 2014
The most difficult part of making a decent rifle is the barrel. The machines to make even cheap barrels in an industrial scale run about $1 million but they can crank out a barrel every 5 min to 10 min or so. However, there are older ways to make barrels that are less costly. The trade off being that they take much longer to make a barrel.
If I were the Ukraine, I would be putting a few million of any EU or US aid money into building a couple of barrel factories. I’d also be working with existing machinists to crank out a few million gun parts. AKs are easy to make but are not as accurate as the M16 line. M-16 lowers can be made from casting 80% lowers and then milling out certain parts. I estimate that 1 machinist could mill out 2 lowers per day. Massive parallel 3d printing of AR lowers might work as an alternative.
Arm each citizen, train them in the care and use, train them in how to shoot accurately at 300 to 500 meters. Train 100 as snipers, then have that 100 train another 100 each. A nation of trained urban snipers would be DAMN difficult to overrun.
You know if the Russians come in, the FIRST thing they will do is seize the records of who has what, and then demand people turn their stuff in.
“He was wearing a black shirt with a picture of a pistol that read (in Ukrainian), “Free men own guns. Slaves don’t.”
That is beautiful poetry...
They should find the warehouses of the exporters that send Mosin Nagants over here. Should be several million there. Dunno if 7.62x54r ammo is readily available, though.
They gave up nukes and we agreed to protect them from invasion ...so much for that!
Stupidity all around.
The fact that the U.S. has been doing the same thing since Obama’s election is both disturbing and reassuring.
I believe Russia was in on it too.
Naturally, countries that possess Nuclear weapons would tend to discourage others from getting/having them. Why give up that advantage? I believe that’s another motivation of the whole “Global warming” thing. If you’re a developed country, it’s in your advantage to see large undeveloped countries to remain undeveloped and not advance to where they can potentially compete with you.
The long term effect this entire matter is going have is kissing any chance of nonproliferation goodbye!
BTTT
Ruger could give them a million 10/22s. Try getting ammo for them.
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