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Illegal Guns in Russia Traced Back To U.S., Including AR-15 Rifles Shipped in Mail
Newsweak ^ | March 23, 2017 | Tom O'Connor

Posted on 03/24/2017 5:50:50 PM PDT by Navy Patriot

Russian authorities busted an international arms operation Thursday as police staged raids across the nation, finding a number of firearms allegedly smuggled from the U.S.

Russia's federal police agency released a video showing what appeared to be numerous arrests of men and women allegedly involved in the arms-dealing ring. According to RT, raids were staged in the cities of Yoshkar-Ola, Irkuts, Ulan-Ude and Moscow, resulting in the seizure of 19 firearms and an assortment of matching components, magazines and ammunition. Weapons including AR-15 rifles and pistols manufactured by Glock and Colt were among those found that were manufactured in the U.S., according to Russian authorities cited by RT. The guns were allegedly shipped illegally to Russia from the U.S. via the postal service.

"The activity of an interregional criminal group involved in the illegal trafficking of firearms, its main parts and ammunition, as well as the organization of a channel for their smuggling to Russia from the United States through international mail, has been stopped," ...

(Excerpt) Read more at newsweek.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
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To: 2111USMC

There is a strong aroma of meadow fresh bull cakes in this article.


21 posted on 03/24/2017 6:25:26 PM PDT by TigersEye (We all have a stake in MAGA! We all need to contribute our efforts.)
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To: Navy Patriot
Быстрый и Яростный .
22 posted on 03/24/2017 6:29:49 PM PDT by TLI ( ITINERIS IMPENDEO VALHALLA)
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To: TigersEye

Might want to check again, rifles and shotguns can be shipped in the US mail.


23 posted on 03/24/2017 6:30:56 PM PDT by SirFishalot
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To: McGruff

Or my bedroom.Overflow problems,need to add another safe.


24 posted on 03/24/2017 6:32:14 PM PDT by Farmer Dean ("Do you want me to shoot,I'm rested.")
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To: SirFishalot

OK. I wasn’t intending to ship any guns but that is what my Post Mistress told me when I signed up for Street Addressing. I didn’t even ask for that information.


25 posted on 03/24/2017 6:42:03 PM PDT by TigersEye (We all have a stake in MAGA! We all need to contribute our efforts.)
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To: Navy Patriot

Gun Control=>Trump=>Russia=>Hacking

Enlarging a propaganda thread


26 posted on 03/24/2017 6:43:47 PM PDT by DBrow
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To: SirFishalot
It's kind of limited but you are right.

May a nonlicensee ship a firearm through the U.S. Postal Service?

A nonlicensee may not transfer a firearm to a non-licensed resident of another State. A nonlicensee may mail a shotgun or rifle to a resident of his or her own State or to a licensee in any State. The Postal Service recommends that long guns be sent by registered mail and that no marking of any kind which would indicate the nature of the contents be placed on the outside of any parcel containing firearms. Handguns are not mailable. A common or contract carrier must be used to ship a handgun.

[18 U.S.C. 1715, 922(a)(5) and 922 (a)(2)(A); 27 CFR 478.31]


27 posted on 03/24/2017 6:45:11 PM PDT by TigersEye (We all have a stake in MAGA! We all need to contribute our efforts.)
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To: TigersEye

I got a CMP rifle shipped through the mail to me. I picked it up at the post office.


28 posted on 03/24/2017 7:37:26 PM PDT by Ruy Dias de Bivar ( "You know Caligula?" --- "Worse! Caligula knows me!")
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To: McGruff

You can find more than that on the right block. You can find more than that in a FReeper gun safe.


29 posted on 03/24/2017 7:39:09 PM PDT by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: x1stcav

My first thought also. This is just BS.


30 posted on 03/24/2017 7:46:08 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (I tried being reasonable, I didn't like it. - Clint Eastwood)
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To: Navy Patriot

19 firearms?

After reading the headline, I expected they were talking about thousands, with shipping containers full...lol


31 posted on 03/24/2017 7:49:04 PM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: Navy Patriot
I think the U.S. government sent more arms than this into the black hole of Mexico.☺
32 posted on 03/24/2017 7:53:26 PM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: Ruy Dias de Bivar

What year and are you an FFL holder?


33 posted on 03/24/2017 8:04:25 PM PDT by TigersEye (We all have a stake in MAGA! We all need to contribute our efforts.)
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To: 2111USMC

Workin’ on it. The divorce set me back a little bit, but I’m catching up.

=^)

CC

P.S.- Semper Fi.


34 posted on 03/24/2017 8:10:15 PM PDT by Celtic Conservative (CC: purveyor of cryptic, snarky posts since December, 2000..)
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To: TigersEye

Not an FFL holder. Filled out forms to acquire CMP rifles, dropped them in the mail and several months later, there they were, IN THE MAIL. Years 1992 and 2000.
I still have the boxes with the postmarks.


35 posted on 03/24/2017 8:16:54 PM PDT by Ruy Dias de Bivar ( "You know Caligula?" --- "Worse! Caligula knows me!")
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To: Ruy Dias de Bivar

Well even 2000 is now a long long time ago but I imagine CMP is a licensee so that fits the U.S.C. statute I posted even for today’s laws.


36 posted on 03/24/2017 8:20:39 PM PDT by TigersEye (We all have a stake in MAGA! We all need to contribute our efforts.)
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To: Navy Patriot

It’s those darn AR’s again..............


37 posted on 03/24/2017 8:24:28 PM PDT by bobby.223 (Retired up in the snowy mountains of the American Redoubt and it's a great life!)
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To: bobby.223
there must be at LEAST a half million AK's floating around over there and they are getting AR's in the mail?

that finding chicken teeth will be easier than .223 rounds for???

38 posted on 03/24/2017 9:04:15 PM PDT by Chode (My job is not to represent the world. My job is to represent the United States of America-#45 DJT)
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To: TigersEye

CMP now ships by FedX. They used to ship by mail.

http://thecmp.org/cmp_sales/rifle_sales/ordering-information/


39 posted on 03/24/2017 9:14:38 PM PDT by Ruy Dias de Bivar ( "You know Caligula?" --- "Worse! Caligula knows me!")
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To: Ruy Dias de Bivar

It might be cheaper and is probably easier to ship by FedEx or UPS now. The USPS has a habit of complicating simple things in my experience.


40 posted on 03/24/2017 9:23:23 PM PDT by TigersEye (We all have a stake in MAGA! We all need to contribute our efforts.)
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