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from what I understand, the rifles they are selling are not from the U.S. Government, they're purchased from foreign countries and shipped back here, thus they aren't "government-supplied".
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Kinda, but not quite. The U.S. military rarely sells weapons outright or gives them away with no strings attached. They are usually
loaned under the condition that the U.S. government can ask to have them back someday. The current crop of CMP guns were lent to obscure Cold War allies but have been recalled.
A couple of historical truths are fairly obvious when one looks at the history of many early 20th-century military rifles:
- Rifles that are sold or given away to other countries with no strings attached tend to eventually wind up in the hands of a third country or a rebel army.
- These rifles sometimes end up shooting back at troops from the country of origin.
