Can you ship AK's home from Iraq?

Answer 1

The ATF is unkind to those veterans who come home with a a footlocker full of Kalashnikov Assault Rifles.

It would be wonderful if deserving veterans who had faced the enemy could have a fully disabled weapon to hang on their wall. A sound and workable AK 47 is a 40 dollar bazaar purchase in Afghanistan or Iraq. Since they operate forever with zero maintenance they are valuable in and on the street.

During the Vietnam War tons of them were brought to the states without any form of documentation. Most of them by entrepreneur's and not by the "grunt" in the field who took them as a trophy of mortal combat.

Grunts on their way to Rest and Recuperation who lacked funds for leisure activities were routinely sent to the Danang AFB with a seabag full of weapons and a contact number that were traded for US Dollars to be exprnded in Hawaii, Australia, Kuala Lumpar and Banglkok on wine women and song,

"Those were the days my friend,

We thought they'd never end,

Those were the Days of Wine and Roses."

The Uzi is not a Sporting Weapon.

The Thompson was never a Sporting weapon.

A howitzer lacks the basic characteristics of a sporting weapon just as the B-52 does.

Ballistic Missles do not meet the test.

Most Saturday night specials are not the weapon of choice for the average duck hunter.

The M-16 was like the above ill-designed for hunting Bambi. They are not home defense weapons and if you feel the need for such armament, you would be well advised to consider a " Ka-Ching" or 12 Gauge Pump Shotgun, where Legal as your weapon of choice.

No, the importation of such weapons is illegal.