European Police Face Being Outgunned by Jihadists With Assault Rifles

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European Police Face Being Outgunned by Jihadists With Assault Rifles

The trade in illegal weapons can earn enormous profits for organized criminal gangs — enough to make the risk of capture worthwhile. Donald says recent investigations have found arms traffickers investing about €30,000 in a shipment of Balkan-era weapons, refurbishing them in their garages, then selling them for them for about 10 times the price. “That’s a huge mark-up,” he says

As Europe struggles to crack down on illegal weapons, some police recruits face a new training exercise: Go buy a Kalashnikov rifle. Donald says that in “a city in Europe,” which he would not name, “very young officers with no training or experience” were recently told to go find an assault weapon on the streets from an illegal arms dealer. “One came back two hours later with an AK-47,” Donald says. “He bought it for €1,000

Many of the weapons circulating in Europe hail from southeastern Europe, where big military arsenals were left abandoned during the collapse of Yugoslavia and the Balkan wars of the 1990s. At least a million other weapons are believed to have been looted during an outbreak of anarchy in Albania in 1997. “There are stockpiles in the Balkans of 2 [million] to 3 million [weapons] left over from the 1990s, available for recycling,” says Donald.

http://time.com/3687334/arms-smuggling-europe-balkans/

Gun control works...for the criminals

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I always suspected as much, although nothing really prepares you for such stark reality.

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

European Police Face Being Outgunned by Jihadists With Assault Rifles

And yet the most dangerous country for a police officer, the country where a police officer is most likely to be shot on duty is not in Europe. The fact of the matter is, has been and remains that European cops are far less likely to be shot and killed in the line of duty than cops in the US. Reversely, people in Europe are also far less likely to be shot and killed by police officers.

Now go back to fearing the terrorists while I go on living and enjoying my life.

[Sousuke 1,214]

This hit my email three days ago.

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Me thinks they are upgrading.