How could this be? you ask?
In their quest for a gun free and thereby violence free society they have denied re-importation of approximately 100,000 M-1 Garand and M-1 Carbine Rifles from our long time ally, South Korea.
In August 2010, after first giving approval, the Obama Administration blocked the South Korean government’s program of selling the weapons to American collectors and enthusiasts.
These rifles, approximately 27,000 M-1 Garands Carbines and 86,000 M-1 Garands were left in South Korea after their war with the North. The country holds roughly 640,000 of the carbines in their strategic reserves.
Given their role in both WWII and the Korean War, many Guns and Patriots readers are alive today because a father or grand father carried one of these well built, reliable, easy to maintain, and accurate American-made rifles.
Gen. George S. Patton Jr., was a great fan of the weapon. Describing the M-1 Garand, he called it: “The greatest battle implement ever devised.” High praise indeed.
The M-1 Garand is a rifleman’s rifle! What self respecting son or grandson, or even granddaughter wouldn’t want to own their dad’s WWII rifle?
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