"Importing Russia’s Top Gun" -NY Times a-kalashnikov-factory-in-russia-survives-on-sales-to-us- [View all]

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Izhmash benefits from American gun laws that are looser than in its home market. In Russia, consumers can buy a long-barreled firearm only with a police permit, which requires a clean criminal sheet, a diploma from a gun safety course and a medical certificate of sanity. In the United States, laws vary by state, but buyers often need to clear only an F.B.I. criminal background check

which means anyone who isn't a convicted felon gets a gun, i believe? lawyers? buehler?

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/15/business/a-kalashnikov-factory-in-russia-survives-on-sales-to-us-gun-owners.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0