Gun Culture

There are pockets of gun culture in this country, and I think most WARSKYL readers would count themselves as participants in that culture. It is in the Middle East, however, that you will find the Mecca of gun culture (pun intended).

Back in the early '80's, I remember reading an article in Soldier of Fortune magazine about the arms trade in Pakistan along the Afghan border. Whole villages of gunmakers were turning out replicas of just about any firearm imaginable. And they were doing it mostly with hand tools.

Quality of steel seemed to be the only unknown in buying one of those weapons. Their raw material came from Russian tanks and other materiel destroyed during the occupation of Afghanistan.

Anyway, my barber sent me the link to this video that shows the continued thriving of the small arms trade in Pakistan. Notice the comment that these people "believe in many sons and a lot of guns." Ahhh . . . if only they were Christians.