AK47 Why must we pay top dollar?

Re: Africans being unable to pay $25-$50 for a rifle, I think that this view embraces stereotypes of Africans that aren't true, or at least aren't relevant.

See my prior post about priorities; never underestimate man's tendency to make sacrifices and spend seemingly irrational amounts of money on unnecessary or impractical items when those items are seen as status symbols in the person's peer group. :rolleyes:
 
AKs around here are worth more than $500 now. A year ago, the cheapest new Century was worth $500. Now, I see the exact gun used for $800 in stores regulary. And I've seen many for over $1000. But I've heard many stories from about 12-15 years ago about AKs being $50-$100 guns. I remember when I was 8 or 9 my dad selling an AK pistol for $80. From what my dad and his cousin tells me, in gun stores you could pick up one for less than $100. I've heard a few shop owners tell similar stories.
 
Re: Africans being unable to pay $25-$50 for a rifle, I think that this view embraces stereotypes of Africans that aren't true, or at least aren't relevant.
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I'm sure there's a wide range of incomes of individuals within each country and a wide range of average incomes between countries. I work with a woman from a fairly well to do African family but she has told me her country has no formal social support services so that starvation is a possibility for some.

Obviously, though, average incomes are very relevant to the cost of goods, especially for items which are not critical for survival. In the U.S. the gross domestic product per capita is $49,000 per year. In Liberia and Zimbabwe, it's $500 per year. CIA World Factbook. Guess who can afford to pay more for a rifle.
 
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Do you really want a flood of AK-47's and ammo for same here?

Were a FA AK-47 as cheap and easy to obtain as a used hi-point or jennings, and twice as plentiful, 10x as lethal ....... would that be a good thing?
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ABSOLUTELY!! Why not? Should only wealthy elites be permitted to own full-auto? Assuming that FA would still be registered and you'd still have to undergo a background check to own one, I see no problem with letting in millions of AK's at $100/piece.

The problems you see in the Middle East has nothing to do with access to guns.....or cartoons, or youtube videos.
 
Watching some news, about constant trouble with rebels in Rowanda.
And theres video of some 10-13 year old shirtless, under-nourished, skinny boy, holding an AK47 rifle. .....
Seeing that, Irks the crap out of me.
 
Boatme is exactly right. We must pay those exorbitant rates because we will. If no one bought them, the price would go down.
 
I'd also note that pictures you see of young males in foreign countries holding AK-47's well could have been equipped with them by the local war lord. Every war needs "cannon fodder."
 
I was cataloging my weapons using the Bluebook of Gun Values registry and I found out that my Norinco preban AK-47 that I bought for $350 in 1988 is worth $1250 today, the underfolding version is worth $1600. George Bush caused this with his ban on AK-47s from China on 14 March 1989 at the urging of William Bennett who should not even have figured in the conversation.

No matter Bush went on to lose the election anyway(good riddance) and I read that a large part of it had to do with the NRA not endorsing him because he stabbed gun owners in the back with his ban that still stands today but can be repealed by executive order. Mitt Romney if he's elected should repeal that ban to show gun owners that he's serious about protecting the 2nd Amendment.
 
ABSOLUTELY!! Why not? Should only wealthy elites be permitted to own full-auto? Assuming that FA would still be registered and you'd still have to undergo a background check to own one, I see no problem with letting in millions of AK's at $100/piece.
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I would like for automatic weapons to be cheaper than they are but part of me is glad they are not $100 for an automatic AK. There are a lot of crazy people out there who could legally obtain firearms. Not sure I want "millions" of cheap automatic AK's flooding the streets.
 
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