Korean Garand updates
Mentioned it a few times and it looked like they were going to be imported. Well, now the Obama administration is saying no to the M1 carbines:
The Korea Times is reporting that while it has (sic) will allow 86,000 historical M1 Garand rifles to be imported from South Korea, the Obama administration continues to block the importation of some 600,000 M1 Carbines because “they come with a magazine that can carry multiple rounds.”
You know what else can carry multiple rounds? A Garand clip.
February 9th, 2012 at 10:51 am
Good gosh don’t tell ’em that. Those ignorant fools probably looked at a Garand, didn’t see any magazines, and figured that it was a single-shot rifle.
February 9th, 2012 at 11:28 am
Good thing neither the Garand nor the carbine has The Shoulder Thing That Goes Up.
February 9th, 2012 at 12:05 pm
Import them without the mags.
Problem solved, eh?
(Probably too sensible for the Onointed ones.)
February 9th, 2012 at 12:07 pm
“they come with a magazine that can carry multiple rounds.”
I prefer magazines that carry fractional rounds.
February 9th, 2012 at 12:09 pm
Yeh but you can read a magazine while sitting on the toilet.
February 9th, 2012 at 12:10 pm
Hate to tell you, rickn8or, but both of them do. (But the Garand, since it doesn’t have a detachable magazine, doesn’t count as an eeeeeevil assault weapon anyway!)
February 9th, 2012 at 12:44 pm
Let’s see. Tula .30 Carbine ammo imported from RUSSIA, CTD price, $13.49. KCI 15 round Magazines imported from KOREA, CTD price, $7.97. MI Carbine from A-O/Kahr, imported from the VolksRepubulik of, Massachusetts, $814.
Thank Crom that the Bradys have prevented the Importation and Sale of such a Dangerous Weapon into the United Staes, eh?
February 9th, 2012 at 1:05 pm
The .gov knows the guns both have capability of multiple shots. They’re mocking both us and reason, and getting us used to “it’s the law because I said so”.
February 9th, 2012 at 2:15 pm
But the Garand, since it doesn’t have a detachable magazine, doesn’t count as an eeeeeevil assault weapon anyway!
Which is funny cause a lot of M1s assaulted the shit out of some Germans.
February 9th, 2012 at 3:58 pm
“You know what else can carry multiple rounds? A Garand clip.”
Yeah, but they normally don’t come with those High Capacity Assault Clips(tm): http://www.gunrightsmedia.com/showpost.php?p=5336878&postcount=4
February 9th, 2012 at 4:15 pm
Wow, is the Daily Caller late on that story! The Korean Times article came out on Jan 18 and has already been discussed all over the web.
Nothing new in the Daily Caller article either. I covered this a few weeks ago and gave my reasons why I think we won’t be seeing those Korean Garands anytime soon, if ever. (The hot link on my name also takes you to the story.)
http://www.examiner.com/firearms-in-detroit/don-t-count-on-those-korean-m-1-garands-being-imported-quite-yet
February 9th, 2012 at 5:09 pm
Prepare for more gun control by fiat if Obama is re-elected.
February 9th, 2012 at 9:12 pm
Well if I was Auto Ordnanace/Khar I would have been lobbying like hell to prevent those carbines from being imported. Just sayin….
February 9th, 2012 at 10:51 pm
“…come with a magazine that can carry multiple round.” Well, so can a simple revolver. I don’t usually load mine with only one round.
HL, maybe we can get the BATFEces to walk US some guns, if Obama wins reelection and declares the 2A null and void.