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Dealing in firearms internationally is a trade scrutinized pretty closely by governments, and its practitioners can often end up acting as agents for government priorities, and also victims of said priorities changing. Val Forgett of Navy Arms grew up with his father doing exactly this sort of thing. Today we have some interesting anecdotes about guns going into Cuba and Lebanon, among others...

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That Fine Line Between Smuggling and Legal Trade: Anecdotes from Val Forgett (Ad-free)

Dealing in firearms internationally is a trade scrutinized pretty closely by governments, and its practitioners can often end up acting as agents for government priorities, and also victims of said priorities changing. Val Forgett of Navy Arms grew up with his father doing exactly this sort of thing. Today we have some interesting anecdotes about guns going into Cuba and Lebanon, among others... The best firearms reference books: https://www.headstamppublishing.com http://www.patreon.com/ForgottenWeapons http://www.floatplane.com/channel/ForgottenWeapons Cool Forgotten Weapons merch! http://shop.forgottenweapons.com

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Glenn Miller

Another great talk with Val Forgett! Thanks. Hope there are more to come.

WayneWiiki

ALWAYS enjoy your conversations. Completely understand the "dependent on who's in charge" thing. Oy.

Ryan Thorne

Everything is legal if you pay the government enough money.

Andy Porter

My favorite quote from "Lord of War" (2005) - "There are over 550 million firearms in world circulation. That's one firearm for every twelve people on the planet. The only question is: How do we arm the other eleven?"

Guido S

do tell indeed. hell even me couldn't drink THAT much coffee sitting down listen to that guy. well... I could try.

Andy Porter

My favorite quote from Lord of War (2005) - "There are over 550 million firearms in world circulation. That's one firearm for every twelve people on the planet. The only question is: How do we arm the other eleven?"

Guido S

you know what. the old times sound way more fun to me. these days... just no. getting bred as heck pissed off constantly. aka getting old.

TEDSKI

yes indeed great quote and no doubt there`s someone looking into it