Machine guns
Some troops were indicted for smuggling AK47s (the real ones, not the fake ones that gun controllers here are trying to get banned) from Iraq into the US:
Guy Brown and Nigel Brown, of Hopkinsville, Kentucky, and Beau Uran, of Clarksville were indicted on charges of conspiring to unlawfully import machine guns from Iraq and aiding and abetting the possession of a machine gun.
Nigel Brown and Uran were soldiers deployed to Iraq in 2003. The indictment alleges that while in Iraq, they acquired 17 AK 47’s and a Chinese model assault rifle.
April 14th, 2005 at 8:39 am
Even if importing new full autos was legal, they’d still be in violation of standing orders (JTF General Order #1) by bringing those weapons back.
Personally, I hate the fact that the Army is letting the Feds deal with this. The Army should deal with our own.
April 14th, 2005 at 2:01 pm
If they were smart, they would have only tried smuggling the full auto sears and other parts needed to convert a semi.