4 Million AK Variants to be scrapped by Russians (Video)

The Ministry of Defense will be disposing of four million firearms by the year 2015. Most of the weapons are obsolete Kalashnikovs.
­Currently, there are 16 million firearms stored in Russia's military arsenals. Experts say this is four times what the country needs – even in the case of war...

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Full story at RT
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Video shows some non-Kalashnikov models (such as WW2 era PPSH Sub-guns), likely chosen for video effect rather than accuracy of content. Probably could have made more cash by selling off collectors items, but oh well, bad business model...(S9)

Africa: Zulu Police Flying Squads capture AK's/R-1 & 5's in Homestead raids

KwaZulu-Natal police have arrested four men and recovered several high-calibre firearms from Msinga in Greytown...“Two AK-47 assault rifles with fourteen live rounds of ammunition, a .22 rifle with three live rounds of ammunition, a .308 rifle, a .303 rifle, four pistols, three .38 revolvers and four hundred and thirty eight rounds of ammunition for an R1 rifle were recovered,”...“The Newcastle POP members arrested four suspects...and recovered an AK-47 rifle, two R5 rifles, a pistol and a number of live rounds of ammunition during operations...members of the Pietermaritzburg POP, K9 Unit and the Hilton Flying Squad recovered 11 firearms and a large number of live rounds of ammunition...
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Full story at iol.co.za
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It is almost humorous, but for the tyranny, the meager amounts of weapons and ammo "recovered" in these raids. There is an irony here, in that under Apartheid rule, with more liberal gun laws and a low crime rate, that the advent of (Marxist) Black rule has seen gun bans and an out of control crime rate, one of the worst in Africa, as many of these weapons were held by "former revolutionaries" that have turned to violent crime/easy money, plus crime groups from all over Africa setting up shop in S.A., bringing their weapons with them, to rape, pillage, and murder, because that is where the money is. Liberal British & American ideas and anti-gun attitudes have made this bloodbath a reality, and Utopian leftist ideology is again proved to be dysfunctional & the most feeble method of government ever imposed on the people. "Legally disarmed" citizens of all hues are prevented from fighting back, being made victims by their own paranoid government. Sound familiar?..(S9)

Over 200 AK variants turned in by Taliban (Photo)

An Afghan policeman looks at a pile of weapons belonging to former Taliban militants during a joining ceremony with the Afghan government in Mehterlam, Laghman province, east of Kabul, Afghanistan...
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Article at Mercury News
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Note custom paint jobs (Like the Chinese Type 56 Under-folder), slings, and heavier RPD models on table at back. Also an additional photo of Talibanis' lined up with various weapons to be turned in. Despite US news media shaking the finger at U.S. Troops (actually only one trooper who went rogue, in fact the media are beating the drum hoping for a Taliban reaction, they are indeed the Taliban's propaganda arm overseas). Now that they have finally gotten their "Afgan/Vietnam My-Lai" story (and soft soaping the 6 Americans murdered in the wake of the book disposal incident), the vast majority of Afgans have not  forgotten the weekly public executions and shooting of people out of hand for even the most minor infractions, under Taliban rule. Most know Americans are not oppressive or tyrannical in main, (unlike our own news organs, with their biased reports and leftist commentary)...(S9)

Czechs arrest Iranian seeking U.S. M4 (AR-15) rifles

Czech public television is reporting that police have arrested an Iranian national suspected of trying to buy weapons with the goal of transporting them to Iran...the man was trying to buy 500 M4 rifles in the Czech capital. It says exports of such weapons to Iran are banned under an international embargo...
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Full story at ynetnews
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No information if these "M-4" rifles are semi-automatic or the full selective fire models (i.e. "machine-guns") or if the purchase was for pro-government or anti-government forces. There is also the possibility these weapons were sought so they could be used in an anti-USA propaganda operation..(S9)

Video: Motley collection of AK's & Enfield rifles held by Sryian rebels

Thais to hang for firearms possession

The Malaysian High Court on Thursday handed down the death penalty to three Thais and a Malaysian man after they were found guilty of illegally possessing six firearms and 336 bullets...All four were charged with possession of the firearms without valid reasons under Section 57 (1) (a) of the Internal Security Act (ISA) 1960. They had four pistols - two Colts, a Remington, a Sig Sauer and a Glock - and an AR15 rifle. They were also charged with illegal possession of assorted ammunition under Section 57 (1) (b) of the ISA....
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Full report at Bangkok Post
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"Internal Security Act", Eh?. Does anyone not think there are elements in the USA who would love execution as an option for simple possession of firearms?....(S9)

House: Guns can't be taken during state of emergency

House lawmakers approved a bill to forbid the state from seizing Colorado residents' firearms during a declared state of emergency....her proposal is one that several states have implemented after Hurricane Katrina, when there was mass looting. The National Rifle Association says 31 states have legislation in place similar to what Colorado lawmakers are considering...
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Full report HERE
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How many remember the infamous video of the invited in for Katrina California Highway Patrol Officers attacking & beating down an elderly woman who owned a small revolver for protection? (CHP was later quietly asked to leave the state). Anti-gun nuts bank on on emergencies as a back-door method to seize legally owned semi-autos, so this type of legislation, which should not be an issue, is unfortunately necessary to make it clear to the gun grabbers that you can NOT lawfully do this...(S9)

Massive ex-Gaddafi weapons cache turns up in Algeria

The black market for arms has inundated many other African states with munitions from Libya, says Russia’s special envoy to Africa Mikhail Margelov.
“I recently visited Nigeria, Mali, Mauritania and Morocco, and for these four countries what is happening in the desert is a real nightmare,” he told RT in January. “One of the tribal leaders said to me, what happened in Libya undermined the market. I asked, ‘What market?’ He said, ‘Today, a Soviet or Chinese-made MANPAD [man-portable surface-to-air missile] costs the price of two Kalashnikovs.' It’s a real problem, because arms trafficking can end up somewhere in the south of Africa or somewhere in the south of Europe.”
It is estimated that Gaddafi’s arsenals numbered some 20,000 of such missiles – the largest among non-producing countries. The main fear here is that all this deadly cargo can now be easily smuggled out of Libya by various terrorist groups, including local branches of Al-Qaeda, and then used to attack civil aviation targets anywhere in the world....
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Full Report HERE
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When missiles can be had for the price of two black-market AK-47's, we have a true nightmare scenario to worry about. Being harassed by TSA at the airport pales in comparison...(S9)

End of long-gun registry seen as victory in war on Big Government

Stephen Harper has begun the process of shuttering Canada’s long-gun registry, tabling a bill to scrap a database on firearms owners that for rank-and-file Conservatives stood as a powerful symbol of everything that’s wrong with big government.
Determined to drive a stake through the heart of the registry, which cost more than $2-billion to establish, the Tories are going so far as to destroy the data...
 The federal gun registry had amassed more than 6.6-million records on non-restricted firearms by March 31, 2009. These data will be destroyed, the Conservatives said, rather than leave the door open for a new registry. “We will not assist provinces to set up a back-door registry,” a government spokesman said....
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Full report and additional video is HERE
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The government already have ways to track firearms, this program was just more expensive & unwarranted harassment, traced to the global anti-gun fanatics program.
This victory is all the more significant, in that this country has no 2nd Amendment, and operates under an oppressive British style system of government which is inherently anti-firearms in the hands of the people. The British colonial experience (Africa, India, Ireland, America, etc) have taught them never to trust the people, who have tendencies to rebel against oppression...(S9)

SIG "Adaptable Carbine Platform" (Video)

Original source from HERE

Men arrested with 30 altered AK-47 Rifles in vehicle (Afganistan)

Terrorists brandish AK's

Two British private security contractors and two of their Afghan colleagues have been arrested by police in Kabul and told to close their company after 30 AK-47 rifles were found in their car boot...
All had their serial numbers scratched off and the men had no permits for them...
President Karzai has ordered all mercenary firms operating in the country to shut down by March, to be replaced by a government-run force.
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Full story at Morning Star UK
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Story slings about the term "Mercenaries" (Which they are NOT) for these Private Security Contractors, not even trying to hide their sensationalist bias. True "Mercenaries" are "Soldiers for hire", who play offense against the enemy. Private Security Contractors play only defense against the enemy (In the Middle East). Huge difference. Only the stupid, gullible or those with an agenda confuse the two.  As for these fellows being caught with serial number "sanitized" Kalashnikovs on them. Who knows, but clearly someone F'd up. I will say that it is nothing unusual about Spy Agencies issuing sanitized weapons for special operations (along with sanitized uniforms, equipment, etc) to ensure "plausible deniability" if something goes sideways and some people get killed and the body is unable to be extracted with the team. It is unclear if this was the case here. These people are in for a living hell, as Afgan jails are extremely unpleasant places to be...(S9)

For local departments, assault rifles keep them prepared for the worst

Local law-enforcement officers are often allowed to purchase assault guns that civilians cannot, but only for on-duty use and under department approval, police officials said.
Orange County police officials say the overall increased use of assault weapons by local agencies was an outgrowth of the North Hollywood bank shootout in 1997, when two heavily armed and armored bank robbers stood off dozens of Los Angeles officers in a 45-minute gunbattle. The robbers were eventually killed, but 11 officers and six civilians were injured..."Departments, ours included, started looking at ways to provide first-responders adequate firepower in cases like this," Santa Ana police Cpl. Anthony Bertagna said. "We went through a long process of evaluating weaponry.
Bertagna said that while the department's SWAT team carries multiple high-powered weapons, it doesn't work around the clock, and it can sometimes take a while to arrive.
Certain officers were selected to carry AR-15-style rifles, based on experience and training..."The weapon is not to be purchased for sale, transfer or personal use," he said. "They are basically buying the weapon for use when they are working here."....
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Full story at Orange County Register
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The writer of this piece (of doggerel) clearly does not know much about firearms, and slings around terms for these firearms from both the anti-gun nuts favorite fantasy playbook ("assault weapons") to the more correct "AR-15 Style rifles". The piece covers the highly restricted rules several Southern California Police departments employ for officers carrying semi-auto rifles that are banned for regular citizens under the ridiculous, arbitrary and unconstitutional California gun laws. It is ironic that these semi-autos are treated as if they were full automatics ("machine guns"), that officers are not allowed to use the rifles for "personal use", and when retired, must either destroy the firearm or take it out of California (or risk being arrested themselves). This LAPD "Urban Police Rifle Cadre" is similar to the U.S. Army's "Designated Marksman" program. In California, even the Police are not trusted with guns, even simple, commonplace semi-autos that are hardly given a glance in most other "Free" States, are seen as "Evil Guns" there. Notice how high the crime rate is in California compared to other States. This is not an accident, and their anti-gun attitude is a direct reason for it...Fools...(S9)

Man arrested for possessing paintball "assault rifles" (Kuala Lumpur)

An engineer who carried two “assault rifles” into his hotel room was nabbed when alarmed guests alerted the authorities.
A police party stormed the room at the four-star hotel before arresting the 34-year-old man at about 10.30pm on Thursday.
He did not put up any resistance and claimed that the “weapons” were bought from the United States to be used in paintball activities.
City deputy police chief Senior Asst Comm Datuk Amar Singh said the rifles a Tiberius T9.1 and a Milsig K-series had the “same feel and weight” as real assault rifles.
He said checks revealed that the man did not have a permit to possess such weapons.
“With slight modifications, the weapons could be made to fire projectiles such as metal ball bearings, which could cause serious injuries...
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Full story at http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2011/12/24/nation/10154645&sec=nation
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The Engineer was obviously not too bright, carrying the paintball guns openly in a hotel was asking to cause a panic and put the finger on himself. He assumed since the paintball guns cannot fire cartridge ammunition, they must be OK to possess. He didn't do his research of local weapons laws, a bad mistake. This country is a Police State and prefers it's population to be unarmed sheep, so of course even "fake" guns are a "threat".  Speaking of Fascism, notice the Police used the same "scare tactics" common with US anti-gun nuts. When they found they were merely paintball guns, they immediately went to what they "MIGHT be able to do" if modified (which is against the law also, and admittedly still less-lethal compared to cartridge ammunition), rather than what they in fact CAN do (fire non-lethal paintballs).  Diversionary fantasy designed to scare the ignorant and justify the arrest. Liberty vs. Tyranny is a moot point in such Police State societies...(S9)

Army issues tender for multirole assault rifles (India)

Troops with INSAS rifles

Seeking to boost the firepower of troops to undertake conventional and counter-insurgency operations, the Army has issued a tender for procuring over 60,000 multi-role assault rifles. In the global Request for Proposal (RFP) issued to 34 vendors, the Army has stated requirement for a gun which has two barrels that can be used in different types of operations, army sources said here. For counter-insurgency operations, we want the guns to be equipped with barrels of 7.62mm calibre bullets, and for conventional warfare, we want the gun to fire 5.56mm bullets, they said. The multi-role assault rifles are being procured to replace the existing INSAS series of rifles from the Infantry battalions, they said....
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Full story found HERE
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Sounds like Indian Army wants to have it's cake and eat it too. It remains to be seen if the imaginary "super assault rifle" will see the light of reality...(S9)

Air Force rolls out new rifle qualification course

Airmen taking the new Air Force Rifle Qualification Course are finding themselves learning more than just basic marksmanship skills.

Changes requiring more intensive weapons training were published in September by the Air Force Security Center and officially took effect Dec. 1.

"Our combatant commanders identified over the last 10 years that we needed to move away from the Cold War-era style of qualification and give our Airmen quality training," said Master Sgt. Scott Brown, the U.S. Air Forces in Europe combat arms program manager at Ramstein Air Base, Germany...

The major changes in the qualification course include more stringent time constraints, required wear of a combat helmet and body armor, movement during fire, and different firing tactics, said Staff Sgt. Marc Rodriguez, a 52nd Security Forces Squadron combat arms instructor at Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany. Also, there are now three skill assessments, or tables, in which some Airmen will participate.

As a result of the training changes, the number of rounds fired and the additional qualification stages increase the length of classroom training as well as time on the range. Bases that have already used the new curriculum have found the course now takes 10 to 12 hours to complete.

Growing pains are expected with the new course, Duerr said. However, the training is intended to hone Airmen's weapons skills to provide a better equipped and trained warfighter to combatant commanders downrange. The training may be difficult, but it is not impossible.

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Read more: http://www.defencetalk.com/air-force-rolls-out-new-rifle-qualification-course-38755/#ixzz1fun5OwVG
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Air Police in Vietnam started the trend, using dogs and APC's with heavy machineguns on patrol to protect the flightline (since Charlie Cong was fond of RPG and satchel charge attacks sneaking through the wire).  Today, enlisted airmen are more likely to be involved in infantry style combat than ever before. A good move for the pigeon boys  -  (S9)

Sales Of Rifles To Fort Smith Officers Stopped by Feds

Authorities in Fort Smith have stopped the sale to police officers of semi-automatic rifles that were bought with asset forfeiture money...City directors agreed in July to use the funds to buy 115 AR-15 rifles with the city to keep 15 and offer the remaining 100 to officers at a cost of $917.70...federal authorities told them ...that the money can't be used to help officers buy weapons. Assistant U.S. Attorney Debbie Groom said the matter is under review...
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Full article at 4029 TV: 

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The Fed's reasoning is that asset forfeiture funds can lead to police corruption. For example, some departments were making questionable stops in order to confiscate automobiles, or suspect drug arrests in order to confiscate cash from pushers. Departments below the Mason-Dixon line have a reputation for things of this nature, warranted or not...(S9)

(From LA on the Laptop)

Honduras: 300 police rifles "disappear" as drug running soars

Brazilian soldier with scoped full sized FAL

Honduran police officials gave contradictory responses on Nov. 1 to a report published the day before about the disappearance of some 300 light automatic rifles (FAL, from the initials in Spanish) and 300,000 5.56-caliber bullets from a police unit. The weapons, which were in the control of the Cobras special operations police group, were taken from a Tegucigalpa warehouse in August or September...National Police spokesperson Silvio Inestroza insisted that this was an old case, referring to the similar disappearance of 186 weapons in 2007, also from a Cobras unit. But Police Internal Affairs director Simeón Flores said that a new arms theft had been reported two months earlier, and he asked why it hadn't been investigated...
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Full story at WW4 Report
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Another example smashing the Administration and renegade Democrat lies about US civilian firearms being the main cause of Cartels obtaining guns to arm their murderous thugs. These FN-FAL's are apparently chambered for 5.56mm ammunition (not "bullets"). It is unclear if these are Belgium made or contracted weapons. (S9)
[From LA on the laptop]

Police display Abu Omar network firearms

No.5 SMLE "Jungle Carbine(1956-Malaya)

The National Police displayed on Tuesday evidence confiscated from members of the Abu Omar network, a notorious illegal weapons supplier from the Philippines.  “The suspects are part of the Abu Omar network,” National Police spokesman Saud Usman Nasution said at the National Police headquarters...The evidence, including two M16s, a “Jungle” carbine, one FN, 796 bullets and six magazines, were confiscated during the Detachment 88 raids in Tangerang, East Jakarta and Bekasi ...
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Full story at Jakarta Post
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Interesting that they described "magazines" with the correct nomenclature (not the usual incorrect "clips"), while describing the ammunition incorrectly as "bullets" rather than "cartridges". Americans often forget how oppressive Police States like Indonesia (the former "Dutch East Indies") are when it comes to firearms. In fact, many Americans lawfully own many more firearms & ammunition than this confiscated amount. The WW2 era "Jungle Carbine" is more of a collectors item, being a modified British SMLE bolt action rifle in the powerful but now obsolete .303 chambering (i.e. ammo is dwindling, although the full sized SMLE is not uncommon in south asia  with police & militia formations) - (S9)

Defence Forces to bring rifles bang up to date

Aussies w/Steyr AUG's (E.Timor')

All members of the Army, Air Corps and Naval Service are trained to use the Defence Forces' basic weapon, the Austrian Steyr AUG 5.56mm assault rifle.
Adopted in 1987, it was then a futuristic weapon with its built-in 1.5-power telescopic sight and superstrong plastic construction.
But wars in Afghanistan and Iraq forced Nato forces to upgrade their rifles by "adding on" a range of more powerful sights, laser pointers, grenade- launchers, night vision devices and even silencers.
The Steyr A1 used by the Defence Forces does not have "Picatinny" rails to mount most of the accessories considered essential in modern warfare.
Now a Defence Forces board has recommended the rifle be upgraded...Both the Americans and the British have adopted the Trijcon ACOG and other 4X (power) sights, which give greater magnification and some nighttime capability...
The Army Ranger Wing uses the Heckler & Koch HK 416, a modern rifle which can easily mount sights and lasers, but only a small stock is held by the Defence Forces.
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Full story here
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The Steyr, like the British Bullpup, have long had complaints from troops who use them in the field, and it is telling that their SF operators do not use them at all, preferring the HK. How many men have been killed due to unreliable rifles, shades of the early use of M-16's in Viet-Nam, where inferior ammunition caused malfunctions due to using cheap non-spec powder in the name of keeping down costs...Unconscionable...There is no excuse for sending men out with anything less than the best weapons available...(S9)