Arguments Week number 33: "According to the American press, in recent years, the ocean surged demand for Russian Kalashnikov (AK). American hunters and shooting enthusiasts buy their tens of thousands. Sales level" Saiga "(hunting rifles based on the AK) for last year increased by 50%.
Export growth of our arms in the United States began in 1994, after Washington banned the import of Chinese fakes. But the real surge came in the year 2009. Then in the beginning of the economic crisis, the U.S. president was Barack Obama, who promised to toughen gun laws - especially semi-automatic.
The plans have caused great concern to American consumers - they began to "zatarivatsya" barrels for future use. Last year alone, arms sales in the U.S. rose by 14%. This is despite the fact that the market of civil weapons of the country and so is the world's largest. According to some reports, the usual American household owns on average 5.6 barrels - and they did not give up going to. As a result, now the factory "Izhmash" sold in the U.S. as many machines as they buy the Russian army and the police together. "
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