arms dealer Viktor Bout. Bout gained infamy as the “Merchant of Death” & was found guilty for conspiring to sell AK-47’s that would’ve been used to kill DEA agents.
We had no business arresting him anyway. A Russian, in Thailand, selling guns to Columbians, somehow violates US law? I could see Columbia charging him, but not us. We were trying to find ways to arrest him for selling weapons in Africa over decades.
Merchant of death? Check out what we sell to the PLO, Syrian rebels of every sort, Taliban, Ukrainian nazis, what we snuggled to Mexican cartels, etc.
Explain the difference.
“was found guilty for conspiring to sell AK-47’s that would’ve been used to kill DEA agents.”
Oh, you mean like the US Government did in Fast and Furious? They did the same exact thing and it was designed to be used to strip away 2A rights in America.