internet gun sales in China

[500grains]

So much for restrictive gun control.



25 December 2010

China: Restrictive Gun Ownership Laws Lead To Crackdown On Online Sales

Chinese Police announced yesterday that a network of online gun sales had been busted.

The Chinese Government has enacted some of the most restrictive gun ownership laws in the world. Current private citizens are unable to buy, own or make guns.

In a major campaign police followed over 2000 leads to track down gun producers and online sellers.

Given the illegal status of gun ownership it is impossible to establish the exact extent of gun ownership in China, however in just three months police in 2007 confiscated 178,000 guns, 4.75 million bullets and an enormous 3,900 tons of illegal explosives.

In America estimates state that there are 290,000,000 millions guns owned by the 300,000,000 citizens.

Its estimated that there are enough guns in America for 97% of the population to each own one gun. However many owners have multiple weapons. This is compared to China where best estimates place the percentage at only 3.9%.

http://www.cultureclashdaily.com/page1111328.php

[500grains]

More info on the "gun problem" in China.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122394012224530655.html

It seems that Chinese people want to own guns.

[kartoffel]

Well, I'd rather Joe Civilian in China had a gun than his government.

[mr_smiles]

In America estimates state that there are 290,000,000 millions guns owned by the 300,000,000 citizens.
:confused: Isn't 290,000,000 a smaller number than 300,000,000?

[GermanSynergy]

I'm amazed that the people in China are permitted to use the internet in any way.

Chairman Mao would not be pleased.

[The_War_Wagon]

I wonder if THEY have problems getting Norinco products?:p

[BAC]

:confused: Isn't 290,000,000 a smaller number than 300,000,000?

Correct. The article is not saying every American owns a gun, just that there are enough guns in America for 97% of Americans to each own one gun.


-B

[kartoffel]

I wonder if THEY have problems getting Norinco products?:p

I bet they still complain about cheap knockoff (山寨) products, even though they're domestically produced.

[M4arc]

However many owners have multiple weapons. :sarcastic:

[kaiservontexas]

I am trying to remember the program I was watching on tv, but it showed people in China hunting with home made crossbows. They complained that the cost of one box, not a bulk pack, of .22lr was way to much for them. As such they went for the crossbow, which made me wonder if there is something I do not know about with regards to China. Then again the producers of the program could be ignorant (chances are high), and the locals could be remote enough to flaunt the law and acquire what they wish when they wish how they wish.

[500grains]

The line between fiction and reality is quite fuzzy in communist countries:



The story that appeared this month in the Chinese People's Daily suggested that insurgents used a reward-and-punishment system to train macaques and baboons to target soldiers wearing U.S. military uniforms. The Taliban supposedly "taught monkeys how to use the Kalashnikov, Bren light machine gun and trench mortars," the People's Daily wrote.

http://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2010/0727/Is-the-Taliban-really-training-monkeys-to-shoot-at-US-troops

[skyugo]

for some reason i can't think of anything more terrifying than a monkey with a gun. :eek: I'm pretty sure they could shoot one. I'm also totally certain they couldn't handle one safely. :eek:

[SteyrAUG]

:confused: Isn't 290,000,000 a smaller number than 300,000,000?


Poorly worded.

They aren't saying 290 million guns are owned by 300 million people, though at first glance it looks like it.

What they are saying is the out of a US population of 300 million (with 310 million being more accurate) they own 290 million guns or almost one gun for every American.

I know I'm doing my part.

:laugh:

[SteyrAUG]

for some reason i can't think of anything more terrifying than a monkey with a gun. :eek: I'm pretty sure they could shoot one. I'm also totally certain they couldn't handle one safely. :eek:

Meh, at CAI they can even build guns.

[500grains]

What they are saying is the out of a US population of 300 million (with 310 million being more accurate) they own 290 million guns or almost one gun for every American.


That number refers to privately owned firearms, so we could add to the 290 mil the number of firearms in the possession of law enforcement agencies and the military. Perhaps that is not a large number - 10 million additional?