S. Korean President Meeting with Obama

[JAGACIDA]

Any chance they will discuss importation of surplus Garands?

[redking]

No, you'll put your eye out!

[ham]

Any chance they will discuss importation of surplus Garands?

he'll just say " Just wait a little longer, Eric's giving me a hard time with my FFL03 Application"

[7.62x63mmUS]

Since their cover was blown on Fast and Furious and little Eric can't sell AR15s to the drug cartels, the cartels are buying surplus M1's from Korea

[bruceflinch]

Since their cover was blown on Fast and Furious and little Eric can't sell AR15s to the drug cartels, the cartels are buying surplus M1's from Korea

My Heart just sank a little....

[TheExpertish]

I can just see the conversation now.

Myung-bak: So when you buy guns back?
Obama: What guns?
Myung-bak: M1 you sell us to fight communist.
Obama: If it has anything to do with communism I won't allow it in our country.
Myung-bak: What you call Mosin-Nagant?

[kurac]

Well, if there is ever a time to get it done, meeting with the president in person would be the time to do it. Sadly, I think they will be talking about bigger deals first.

[7.62x63mmUS]

Obama: If it has anything to do with communism I won't allow it in our country.

Wow if that ain't the understatement of the century

[apes]

This will be on the agenda for the next president.

[TheExpertish]

This will be on the agenda for the next president.

Who knows how much of this is even on their radar. I would love to find out this situation has been worked out in this current trade agreement. As far as the next president goes, I think someone who likes guns is going to be 5 years out at soonest.

[Justintoxicated]

Yea right, Obama is probably trying to get them to sign up on the UN gun ban legislation.

[TheExpertish]

Yea right, Obama is probably trying to get them to sign up on the UN gun ban legislation.

Interesting idea except that we haven't signed it ourselves, and our govt. would have a hell of a fight on their hands if they tried. Plus having South Korea as an ally on a nonsensical piece of UN legislation isn't exactly earth shaking.

[monk]

Interesting idea except that we haven't signed it ourselves, and our govt. would have a hell of a fight on their hands if they tried. Plus having South Korea as an ally on a nonsensical piece of UN legislation isn't exactly earth shaking.

Wont happen. IIRC the legislatures already told the UN to go to heck with their gun laws.

[TheExpertish]

Wont happen. IIRC the legislatures already told the UN to go to heck with their gun laws.

That's what I figured, and was hoping. Now to get those M1's from Seoul.

[campperrykid]

FWIW , one probable scenerio:
No private enterprise USGI gun imports from Asia until after the voters clean out the White House and the Senate next year. Except , of course , for the standard token amounts of mostly used-up rusted out junk with Century Arms International marks coming through Guatemala . With ATFE & State Department blessing .

So expect stupidly high prices to last another year or so and then crash.
That's my bet.
YMMV.