Posted on 03/20/2013 8:28:14 AM PDT by Red Steel
Action movie star, fitness guru, animal rights activist, and Dalai Lama enthusiast Steven Seagal may be adding the job title "gun lobbyist" to his name if Russia has its way.
Today, the country's Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin formally asked the martial arts star to lobby for fewer restrictions on the sale of Russian rifles inside the United States.
"Your connections within the American establishment could help resolve this issue," Rogozin told Seagal, according to The Moscow Times.
The Kremlin is for real:
" Rogozin said his question concerns a 1996 U.S. government regulation allowing Russia and other former Soviet countries to export hunting and sport rifles to the United States.
Russia sees the regulation as discriminatory, since it only allows it to export weapons made before 1996 and because it does not cover all types of rifles.
"Those restrictions are detrimental for our country," Rogozin said.
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Hi, my name is WildBill22,,, and I am an AK-aholic.
5.45x39 isn’t made here either, and I need a 1080 round fix every couple months.
A UN gun trade treaty might cut me off...
And that would make me...crabby...
Titor,
There was a story that dropped off. Was a great hoax. Honestly should be a book or movie, as the concept was great.
I have to agree with you. Who thought I'd be agreeing with Russia. Yes, it still does have some warts, but at least the people are getting freer than us... who knows, maybe in 15 years, Russuia will be the FREER of the 2.
Gun loving tree hugger is a good way to describe him.
There was a story about him in one of the gun mags years ago where the journalist found segal can actually shoot his 1911 as well as his characters do in movies.
Been looking at a Vepr myself recently. Hunter or Pioneer. Anyone have one?
LOL! The most recent pics I've seen of him makes me think he became a doughnut junky while working with the cops.....
Looking more like Will Sasso's impression of him every day.
They’re detrimental for our country too. Give them a hand, Steven! :-)
The Chinese say we need more “gun control” and Russia says that we need more guns.
...maybe we do have a friend in this world.
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