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Congressman Opposes Flood of US-purchased AK-47s for American Wars
9 February 2010
Star-Gazette (New York)
U.S. Rep. Eric Massa said Tuesday he has additional concerns about the use of taxpayer money to buy foreign-made weapons.
During his weekly teleconference with media from Washington, D.C., Massa, D-Corning, said the United States over the past six years has become the largest purchaser of Russian and Chinese small-arms exports to equip Iraqi and Afghan forces.
"To spend these amounts of monies on Kalashnikov rifles and Chinese small arms, not to mention major... (GunPolicy.org)