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Related: About this forumChina Seizes 10,000 Illegal Guns In Weapons Raid, As Gun Culture Becomes More Popular
A raid in southern China resulted in the seizure of over 10,000 illegally owned guns, in addition to thousands of illegal knives. And besides being the largest haul of illegal firearms to date in China, the raid in the city of Guiyang, located in Guizhou province, has brought to the light once more Chinas evolving, underground gun culture.
Chinas weapons laws are among the worlds strictest. The country bans all private gun ownership, with very few exceptions. This however has not prevented the emergence of an increasingly robust illegal gun business. Chinas central television station, CCTV, reported that 10,500 guns and 120,000 knives were seized by authorities in the crackdown.
In general, gun violence in China is not a grave public concern; knives are the more common weapon of choice because of accessibility and availability. Illegal guns are becoming indeed an increasingly dangerous business -- fifteen people were arrested in the most recent raid, accused of gang involvement and illegal firearm trafficking -- but China does not have anything comparable to what an average American would know as "gun culture".
Located in the same province as Guiyang, a village known as Basha is an exception to the rule. Basha villagers are one of Chinas 55 ethnic minority groups, known collectively as the Miao (while the majority of Chinese are considered ethnic Han). The men of Basha are legally allowed to make, carry, and fire guns in the name of tradition. Basha Miao are exempt from the governments blanket ban on guns, and are even marketed as the nations last gunslingers. They have turned into a tourist attraction, known for their performances in marksmanship.
http://www.ibtimes.com/china-seizes-10000-illegal-guns-weapons-raid-gun-culture-becomes-more-popular-1571395
Chinas weapons laws are among the worlds strictest. The country bans all private gun ownership, with very few exceptions. This however has not prevented the emergence of an increasingly robust illegal gun business. Chinas central television station, CCTV, reported that 10,500 guns and 120,000 knives were seized by authorities in the crackdown.
In general, gun violence in China is not a grave public concern; knives are the more common weapon of choice because of accessibility and availability. Illegal guns are becoming indeed an increasingly dangerous business -- fifteen people were arrested in the most recent raid, accused of gang involvement and illegal firearm trafficking -- but China does not have anything comparable to what an average American would know as "gun culture".
Located in the same province as Guiyang, a village known as Basha is an exception to the rule. Basha villagers are one of Chinas 55 ethnic minority groups, known collectively as the Miao (while the majority of Chinese are considered ethnic Han). The men of Basha are legally allowed to make, carry, and fire guns in the name of tradition. Basha Miao are exempt from the governments blanket ban on guns, and are even marketed as the nations last gunslingers. They have turned into a tourist attraction, known for their performances in marksmanship.
http://www.ibtimes.com/china-seizes-10000-illegal-guns-weapons-raid-gun-culture-becomes-more-popular-1571395
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China Seizes 10,000 Illegal Guns In Weapons Raid, As Gun Culture Becomes More Popular (Original Post)
SecularMotion
Apr 2014
OP
Favorite group: Gun Control & RKBA, 462 posts in the last 90 days (60% of total posts)
Duckhunter935
Apr 2014
#1
Agreed. It should be posted in GD, where guns are on-topic as long as they aren't pro-RKBA
Jgarrick
Apr 2014
#6
Thank-you for taking the time to highlight the futility of gun prohibition policies.
Nuclear Unicorn
Apr 2014
#5
Duckhunter935
(16,974 posts)1. Favorite group: Gun Control & RKBA, 462 posts in the last 90 days (60% of total posts)
good job!
Fred Sanders
(23,946 posts)2. Gun slinging used to be a tourist attraction in America also.......
until cowardly politicians bowed to gun manufacturers and now guns are boringly everywhere, totally destroying the gun slinging tourist industry in America forever.
Eleanors38
(18,318 posts)3. You should celebrate the end of that culture...
but there is still Cowboy Action Shooting (SASS-sponsored), and shotgun exhibition shooting. Never was much into "slinging," though I've seen a lot of it from the controllers.
Packerowner740
(676 posts)4. What's this post got to do with gun control and the RKBAs in the US?
Jgarrick
(521 posts)6. Agreed. It should be posted in GD, where guns are on-topic as long as they aren't pro-RKBA
Eleanors38
(18,318 posts)7. Maybe the guns were destined for Sen Yee.
Nuclear Unicorn
(19,497 posts)5. Thank-you for taking the time to highlight the futility of gun prohibition policies.