Unfortunately, we (as in We, The People) funded them almost exclusive to anyone else, and they will take their terrorist ways and offer them to other countries in need of mercenaries.

So those mercenaries are and forever will be our fault (our being BushCo).

And if they are not used against us by our own government, the time will come when they will be used against us by other governments.

I wondered about that too. I would assume that “not qualified” would also mean “not licensed”, even for deputies. I have known a couple deputies, socially, who I would not trust with the care of a military weapon. I ran into one who, I noticed, didn’t have a clip in his sidearm. He confessed it could have been days since he had checked.

Now. If one knows anything about guns it is that, EVERY time you pick up a weapon you check to make sure it is, or is not, loaded. ANYONE stupid or careless enough to violate that rule should not, in my opinion, be allowed to posses a weapon of ANY kind. And a drunken bunch of Barny Fifes, or mercenaries, with assault rifles is not an encouraging thought.

The 2005 agreements gives the sheriff’s office unlimited access to the weapons, including 17 Romanian AK-47s and 17 Bushmasters. But Perry said his department has only used the AK-47s in shooting practice at Blackwater and that none of his 19 deputies are qualified to use them.

The 34 weapons are registered in the National Firearms Registration and Transfer Record to the Camden County sheriff. The AK-47s and five of the Bushmasters were stored and used at Blackwater while the remainder of the weapons were assigned to local deputies, Perry had said.

Hmmm … wonder what they’re doing with those Bushmasters …

Maybe we can finally dismantle this gang of mercenary thugs.
June 26th, 2008 at 6:21 pm

I REALLY hope so. Private armies have destroyed more nations that smallpox and religion combined. If the mercs are allowed to come home first, with their weapons, the temptation could turn us into a Third World Hell Hole. It would be possible, in theory, for Buschco to set up their own private “Green Zone”. That, frankly, can’t be allowed to happen. I’ll hitchhike to do my part in that scenario, LOL!

Just to be clear. I don’t hold to a specific conspiracy and I don’t think major disaster is likely. However, the danger of a private army can’t be overstated. Bring them home but DO NOT let them become a viable paramilitary force within our boarders. And if they start flooding and/or supplanting the Secret Service? It’s time to turn the legit military loose on them.

Maybe we can finally dismantle this gang of mercenary thugs.

the US doesn’t make AK 47s, afaik…absolutely the best light-infantry weapon in the world…
June 26th, 2008 at 6:01 pm

They seized “Bushmasters” too, which, if I remember right, is part of the AR-15 line. Plus, with weapons like cars, if they are assembled, reassembled, re manufactured, reconditioned, or modified? They plant which does the work becomes the manufacturer of record. In some cases.

Also, the U.S. military buys lots of weapons that are not General Issue. If the weapons seized had been purchased by the U.S. military, then show up in private hands, someone’s in really big trouble.

the US doesn’t make AK 47s, afaik…absolutely the best light-infantry weapon in the world…

Of course, Blackwater hung on to the guns, you know, for safekeeping and all… while thinking that they could point to the “gift” of the guns to the sheriff’s dept as cover for the illegal purchase.

Idiots.

And it raises the question on how we will go about disarming all those mercs in Iraq when it’s time to pull out. No country can risk an armed force which answers to private interests. Ultimately, abhorrent as the idea is, it may prove safer to leave them to their fate.

And yes, rog, it is illegal for private citizens or corporations to posses automatic weapons without a VERY exclusive permit. And I’m not sure it’s legal for a corporation to issue an automatic weapon under any circumstance.

belac,

i grant you that lock

is not the sharpest knife in the drawer.

however he does know to get to the point.

rog could learn so much from him and

do a much better job with his comments.

if he’s up to the challenge.

good luck.

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