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To: texasbluebell
Legal shipment?

Not after the photo I saw on Fox last night.

These weapons were piled up every which way, just thrown in some giant metal shipping container.

This was no legal shipment. From the way this looked in the photo, there was no attempt to keep them all nice and shiny for re-sale.

Shipments of military surplus firearms are frequently handled in this way. The importer is usually going to do some light refinishing is necessary - and the metal parts of the guns are usually coated with a thick corrosion-resistant goo.

Also, it's not at all clear that the addressee ordered *those* specific firearms - though part of the shipment looks legitimate enough. The SKS and Mauser rifles were all probably legit; and because of the less than orderly packing system used, the AK-47s in question might've been intended for a different purchaser. Alternatively, as another poster mentioned, the importer might've been anticipating a post-AW Ban reality and placed an order for the rifles with the "naughty" features, but the seller mixed up the orders and shipped that batch too early.

Let's see what the importer actually ordered, then compare that with the actual shipment.

I just don't see anything sinister here, aside from Carolyn McCarthy's political opportunism.

66 posted on 04/22/2004 8:55:42 AM PDT by Charles Martel (Liberals are the crab grass in the lawn of life.)
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To: Charles Martel
Ah, I missed entirely the part about Carolyn McCarthy. You may be onto something there.

Just another opportunity to trash our rights. Sure, I'd</FO on it.
67 posted on 04/22/2004 9:02:45 AM PDT by texasbluebell
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