The Firing Line Forums - View Single Post - South Korean Sale of M-1's and Carbines

DG45 · November 17, 2010, 06:14 PM

Thanks to all who've responded with information on this. I gathered from all these posts that there is in fact a supply of M-1's in South Korea that the Koreans would be willing to sell to US interests who would be interested in purchasing them. That the CMP is not involved in this and will not get involved because they don't pay to import guns into the US; they just refurbish and retail out whatever surplus guns they are supplied by the Federal government. That whoever purchases these guns will probably be one or more private importers who would then sell them in the US, the same way that foreign guns are imported and then sold here. However, that the sale of these M-1's in Korea has been blocked by the US State department. That a number of legislators have been pressing the department to drop the ban and allow this deal to happen. That we should all contact our congressmen and demand that they push the State Department to reverse course on this. That the recent election results should help to get this ban reversed. Is that about it?

November 17, 2010, 06:14 PM	#39
DG45 Senior Member Join Date: January 5, 2009 Posts: 904	Thanks to all who've responded with information on this. I gathered from all these posts that there is in fact a supply of M-1's in South Korea that the Koreans would be willing to sell to US interests who would be interested in purchasing them. That the CMP is not involved in this and will not get involved because they don't pay to import guns into the US; they just refurbish and retail out whatever surplus guns they are supplied by the Federal government. That whoever purchases these guns will probably be one or more private importers who would then sell them in the US, the same way that foreign guns are imported and then sold here. However, that the sale of these M-1's in Korea has been blocked by the US State department. That a number of legislators have been pressing the department to drop the ban and allow this deal to happen. That we should all contact our congressmen and demand that they push the State Department to reverse course on this. That the recent election results should help to get this ban reversed. Is that about it?