Reply #23: These are not the weapons in use in third world countries.

[gorfle]

I have no doubt that South America is rife with the world's most popular assault rifle: The AK-47. These are real AK-47s now - select fire rifles capable of fully-automatic fire. They are, reportedly, available in some parts of the world for as little as $50 or less.

In the United States, all look-alike AK-47 rifles are semi-automatic and retail for about $500.

Now which do you think is more likely?

Huge, multi-national, multi-billion dollar drug cartels import real, cheap, fully-automatic AK-47's from anywhere in the world, or they import crippled, expensive ones from the United States?