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AK-47 Market In Somalia

Kaj Larsen and Chritsof Putzel venture to a gun market in Mogadishu, Somalia, and discover how easy it is to buy an AK-47 machine gun.

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raithios : LVL 30: VP 3.9: said:

raithios

27 votes NegativePositive

446 days 7 hours ago...

dude doesn`t realize that if you actually haggled the price with them for 5-10 mins you would be down to 20 dollars. People in this part of the world think every average American has millions of dollars. Go to any African country and you`ll see for yourself.

darkangeledge : LVL 30: VP 3.9: said:

darkangeledge

33 votes NegativePositive

446 days 1 hour ago...

AK47s FOR EVERYONE !!

Nictron7 : LVL 39: VP 4.7: said:

Nictron7

7 votes NegativePositive

445 days 20 hours ago...

in many places haggling with a merchant is part of the culture. so they automatically high ball everyone. if you don`t know enough to haggle then you deserve to pay more

Ghodzilla : LVL 28: VP 3.7: said:

Ghodzilla

7 votes NegativePositive

445 days 14 hours ago...

I`d suggest the documentary "Darwin`s Nightmare" for anyone interested in a deeper analysis of this problem.

On a side note, those journalists are crazy.

rybear4513 : LVL 26: VP 3.5: said:

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445 days 10 hours ago...

LOL @ $200

what a rip off

u could get a used AK - less used than those in Somalia on the US streets for $50

shadowfox9 : LVL 26: VP 3.5: said:

shadowfox9

13 votes NegativePositive

445 days 6 hours ago...

I want one!!! 200 dollars and no paper work sold!

generic_imitation : LVL 33: VP 4.2: said:

generic_imitation

2 votes NegativePositive

444 days 3 hours ago...

well, i`m glad they didn`t get shot while shopping around the gun market.

Equand1 : LVL 32: VP 4.1: said:

Equand1

1 votes NegativePositive

444 days ago...

looks cool actually... and terrifying

Victorio : LVL 36: VP 4.4: said:

Victorio

17 votes NegativePositive

440 days 15 hours ago...

When your bodyguard says run. Run. Then shit your pants.

fagbag : LVL 35: VP 4.3: said:

fagbag

-3 votes NegativePositive

440 days 15 hours ago...

lol they think just because you live in a developed country, you have a shitload of money, some of them don`t realize people come over to Canada/America and still struggle to make ends meet, yes its a better life, but its still a hard life.

tripstix : LVL 33: VP 4.2: said:

tripstix

1 votes NegativePositive

440 days 15 hours ago...

lol the dude wit the pink hat

dr. feelgood : LVL 37: VP 4.5: said:

dr. feelgood

1 votes NegativePositive

440 days 15 hours ago...

the description says "buy an AK-47 machine gun." An ak-47 is an assult rifle. ignorence

KIRIFUDA : LVL 39: VP 4.7: said:

KIRIFUDA

12 votes NegativePositive

440 days 14 hours ago...

LOL the idiots were hiding from an RPG without the actual warhead xD

stbasdf : LVL 37: VP 4.5: said:

stbasdf

18 votes NegativePositive

440 days 13 hours ago...

in the US you usually bargain for houses, cars, and contracts. but many people don`t realize that it`s not only for the big stuff, you can haggle for furniture and glasses, etc. it`s the small stuff, common goods, things sold in places like chain stores and supermarkets that prices can`t be brought down.

and that guy isn`t totally right, weapons don`t make instability. i`m not expert but my impression is that lack of community, social identity, law, effective government, and problems with resources are the big causes. availability of weapons only make it easier to kill people. if there weren`t guns, people would be using blades. if there were no blades, they would use sticks and stones. if there were none of those they would use their fists

caesarjd : LVL 34: VP 4.2: said:

caesarjd

1 votes NegativePositive

440 days 13 hours ago...

This is an interesting piece. I was particularly interested to see an AK ($400) with a higher asking price than an M16A1 ($200). It has to be easier to get the 7.62x39 than the 5.56, not to mention the M16 is seriously more accurate. That said though, the AK had that oh so cool hood look with the folding stock... He was definitely being highballed though, I wouldn`t pay $400 here stateside for an AK. Oh, and by the way, while standing in the middle of all those guns I didn`t see one jump off the wall and kill anyone, maybe it does take someone to actually squeeze the trigger to kill someone.

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