CEO Of U.S. Gun-Maker Faces Jail In Germany

[FireMoth]

Seems like Germany has some strict laws.

We have some pretty strict gun laws, too. ITAR is pretty heavy handed.
And allied countries are a big reason why.
If one of Germanies allies, or worse yet, Germany itself, ended up embroiled in the Columbian conflict, It would be a pretty big moral crusher for them to end up facing down the latest of german guns.
A rifle used in a sniper role is a particularly scary thing to troops.
Large contingents of US troops were halted in mid advance in Iraq because a single Barret M107 was unaccounted for.
So, any member of a state violating that states arms trade policy creates a politically precarious position, and puts into question the states political authority. Especially a state that still has a history marred by backing the wrong horse.

Lets be honest. If Remington went behind the US State Departments back to sell M40s and M24s to Iran, we would likely be calling for heads, and saying thet freedom group was an Al Queda front.

[Nagant1984]

This says the police had received a shipment of the pistols. So are the Colombian police not the “good guys”? I must confess I don’t know much about what their situation is.

[Ridge]

Narcos are pretty powerful in Colombia and there is a fair chance that state police would turn over guns to them.

[MrPrena]

I guess they gotta comply with EAR/ITAR in US, and 3 other countries. It will be much harder for Sig's compliance dept to follow all 3 laws.

I know swiss arms make sig 55x for their military, but has German govt bought any of sig stuff recently?

[Skip]

Cohen should be in jail but not for this.

[Delfuego]

Narcos are pretty powerful in Colombia and there is a fair chance that state police would turn over guns to them.

All due respect, but you don't know what you are talking about. I have many friends there, visited many time and even lived there. It is complicated of course, but it's not the movies you have been watching and it's not the 1980's.

This is about corporate and political corruption and companies break the law. Same shit happens here and everywhere.

[Justin]

HK ran into similar legal issues a couple of years ago.

Given who's in charge in Germany, I wouldn't be surprised to find out that this is largely motivated by politics.