“Kurdish civilians hold on to their guns,” a Dec. 3 report in The Kurdish Globe reveals.
Firearms remain widely accepted by people in a region where possession of unlicensed firearms is considered illegal.
There is a gun market, we are told, where “various types of firearms including pistols and Kalashnikovs are presented and sold to customers.”
But there’s a catch:
[O]nly members of the Peshmarga and other security forces are allowed to purchase here…
You know, the “Only Ones.”
For everyone else, there’s a black market that’s [surprise!] thriving, where “[c]heap, Turkish-made pistols can be bought for US$300, while a second-hand Kalashnikov rifle typically costs around US$200.”
That’s in spite of the potential for a one-year prison sentence for anyone caught with an unlicensed gun. Evidently most feel it’s worth the risk.
And who gets those rare licenses?
[T]hey provide civilians with licenses in particular circumstances, such as if the person is a company owner or a well-known and wealthy person.
The connected elites. No surprise there.
The place sounds like Brady Paradise. At least the results are the same. Perhaps Mayor Bloomberg can open an international chapter, Mullahs Against Illegal Guns...
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Assuming you want them to have the wherewithal to keep doing it in the New Year…
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