Serbian gun ban

[NoBanStan]

https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/serbia-13500-weapons-collected-amnesty-including-rocket-launchers-99313431

Horrible tragedy and lack of compliance aside... this part  stuck with me:

"The relinquished weapons will go to Serbian arms and ammunition factories for potential use by the country's armed forces"

Give up your gear so we can use it to equip our military...... hmm. How much do we bet a large chunk of this gets sold for profit by the government?

[RED333]

Disarm the public first, then put the boot on the necks of the public.

[Garufa]

45 minutes ago, NoBanStan said:

https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/serbia-13500-weapons-collected-amnesty-including-rocket-launchers-99313431

Horrible tragedy and lack of compliance aside... this part  stuck with me:

"The relinquished weapons will go to Serbian arms and ammunition factories for potential use by the country's armed forces"

Give up your gear so we can use it to equip our military...... hmm. How much do we bet a large chunk of this gets sold for profit by the government?

They’ll send the stuff to Zastava (name sound familiar?) to scavenge parts, refurbish, melt down for new manufacture, or a combination of above for export to the US market.

Can M59/66’s (Yugo SKS’s) still be imported?

[Sleep profit]

1 hour ago, RED333 said:

Disarm the public first, then put the boot on the necks of the public.

Exactly what nations have done in past. And people never learn and will vote for it. SHEEP  

Edited May 18, 2023 by Sleep profit

[No_0ne]

2 hours ago, Garufa said:

Can M59/66’s (Yugo SKS’s) still be imported?

A few years back, on another board dedicated to East European milsurps, the question arose as to what Comm-bloc weapons remained in the former Soviet and Soviet-dominated states which might be importable to the US.  Several of the bonded importers of the time were active in this forum, and stated that while large numbers of weapons remained in inventories in Serbia, relations between their government and ours were poor, and thus future importation from that region was unlikely.  Another problem, Serbia is a landlocked nation, which means that even if an importer managed to arrange a shipment of weapons, the likelihood of it making it to the coast without being hijacked along the way was slim to none.  I don't know if that situation has improved since then, but the consensus among several dealers in the trade at that time was that Serbian weapons would remain unobtainable for the foreseeable future ...

Added, another problem noted with importation of remaining hoards of weapons and ammo from this, and other areas, was that due to the ongoing conflicts worldwide, prices of any available supplies had risen far above what the milsurp market in the US would support.  It seems that the various insurgents across the globe would simply outbid us, even if the other obstacles could be overcome ...

Edited May 19, 2023 by No_0ne

[Grayfox54]

According to that article, the people are already protesting against a government that's right on the edge of a dictatorship now. This will just make the transition easier. 

[DasVidaniya]

From what I have seen of the craftsmanship of Serbian gun plumbers, they may be better off giving them to the army.

Very poor record of proper heat treatment.