The AKM rifles suggest this isn’t a standard boomer arsenal. Fully automatic rifles are incredibly hard to come by above board (a small handful of grandfathered rifles, practically antiques), and I don’t think there even is a legit way to get AK’s. So black market acquisitions, wouldn’t surprise me if there’s some government involvement. Not directly, mind you, probably some security contractor given some leeway for “disruptive” activities with regards to Cuba.

[–] Sickos@hexbear.net 4 points 1 day ago

If they're the semi-auto version, they are definitely clones available.

Full auto & explosives just require the right license/stamp/fee from the government and deep pockets.

[–] Le_Wokisme@hexbear.net 3 points 1 day ago

iirc there are some pre-86 bringbacks. if you do enough paperwork and have a buddy who's a pig you can get new production full-autos as a "dealer sample" with the fig leaf of potentially selling a bunch to the department.

not sure who is manufacturing domestic full auto AK pattern rifles but that paperwork also allows you to replace parts to turn a semi-auto into a machine gun for pig evaluation.

and that's not getting into gimmicky devices that allow fast repetition fire but aren't the american legal definition of a machine gun for technical reasons.