Category: Firearms

It looks like the M-14 rifle is still being used by many countries. This one story is from the Philippines and features an M14 rifle being stolen from the police.

Suspected NPA rebels attack police outpost in Sagay City

Suspected New People’s Army (NPA) rebels attacked a police outpost in Sagay City Friday night.

Eight armed men reportedly barged in to community police action center in Barangay Vito in Sagay City in Negros Occidental Friday 6:30 p.m.

The armed men took the M14 rifles of two members of special civilian active auxiliary who were then manning the outpost.

What an interesting story! Workers were cleaning out asbestos in an old factory stumbled upon a 57mm recoilless rifle. The same factory at one time made M3 grease gun parts and magazines.

I found this interesting story in the news about the Philippine civil war. It turns out that there are many M-60 machine guns still being used!

Philippine Muslim fighters see uncertain future if peace prevails

2 days ago

CAMP DARAPANAN, Philippines (AFP) — After a protracted 30-year insurgency which has seen up to 150,000 people killed, Muslim rebels are facing an uncertain future as peace finally looks near in the southern Philippines.

With talks due to resume this month between the Philippine government and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) many young Muslims in this sprawling rebel camp in Mindanao are trying to come to terms with the prospect of peace.

Talk about a legacy! The US Government has just issued a contract to General Dynamics for a machine gun designed in 1920! Yes, the Browning M2HB lives on!!!

This article is another attempt to link firearms to crime and lawlessness in an area. This time the area is in the Sudan, and the IANSA is trying to use it as an excuse to push for a global gun ban.

Now, I encourage everyone to read this article to see what they are trying to justify. Here are some key points to draw from the article:

* The people who they are referring to as being affected by the AK-47 are called "nomadic herdsmen"

* The country they are reporting from, Sudan, is described as "one of the poorest in the world, recently beset by a cholera epidemic"

* One nomadic hedsmen is quoted as saying "We need the Perik (AK-47) to protect our cows. We used to have spears and axes."

* The article continues to state: "the nomads have continued their age-old conflict with the other cattle-keeping tribes, in particular their great rivals, the numerically superior Dinka. Armed raids to steal cows from the herds of "enemy" tribes have been commonplace since time immemorial."

So, after you read everything in this article, I urge you to answer this multiple choice question:

What is the problem in Sudan?

a) The people are uncivilized, and uneducated. If they didn't have AK-47's they would be still using their spears to kill each other, as they've done since "time immemorial"

b) The AK-47 is the problem. It caused the cholera epidemic, the civil war, the stealing of cows, the poverty, the lack of education, and even made all of Sudan cry because its so evil.

c) Nosy reporters trying to put their own political agenda onto a story.