Ostensibly, this is supposed to hurt Russia. In reality, Joe Biden found a way to give the bird to American gun owners while trying to look semi-tough in response to Vladimir Putin’s authoritarianism.
The Biden administration imposed new sanctions on several Russian nationals and businesses on Friday in the latest response to the poisoning of Russian opposition leader Aleksey Navalny in August of 2020. The new sanctions were imposed on the anniversary of the attack and are, according to the State Department, designed to “send a clear message that there will be accountability for the use of chemical weapons.” Navalny is believed to have been poised by the use of a “Novichok”, which most intelligence officials believe was administered by someone within the Russian government in response to Navalny’s outspoken opposition to Putin.
I have no problem whatsoever sending that message, but I can’t help but think that Biden is sending a different message to an American audience by imposing one particular sanction.
Pursuant to the Chemical and Biological Weapons Control and Warfare Elimination Act of 1991 (the CBW Act), the United States will impose a second round of sanctions on the Russian Federation over its use of a “Novichok” nerve agent in the August 2020 poisoning of Russian opposition figure Aleksey Navalny.
New sanctions imposed today under the CBW Act include:
- Restrictions on the permanent imports of certain Russian firearms. New and pending permit applications for the permanent importation of firearms and ammunition manufactured or located in Russia will be subject to a policy of denial.
- Additional Department of Commerce export restrictions on nuclear and missile-related goods and technology pursuant to the Export Control Reform Act of 2018.
These sanctions also include a continuation of measures imposed on March 2, 2021, as well as in 2018 and 2019 in response to the poisoning of Sergey Skripal and his daughter, along with the waivers associated with these sanctions.
I’ve seen a lot of folks on social media say that this is a total ban on the importation of Russian ammunition (and many folks ignoring the word “firearms” in there as well), but I don’t read it that way. It looks to me that those U.S. companies that are currently permitted to import arms and ammunition manufactured in Russia can continue their operations as normal (at least for now), but no new permits will be issued, including those that are already in the pipeline. MORE
When they come for your guns, that’s the signal to finally use them.
^^^ Our forefathers would have been shooting by now
Maybe they could import the 600,000 M-4”s and the million”s of rounds that we abandoned in Afghanistan. I’ll bet Vald is working on it.
Our government are hypocrites they offed Epstein to hide the evidence he had.
Stopped importing Norinco about 30 years ago (I think).
I bought 1000 rnds of 7.62×39 for $108.00 back then.
We were pretending to be punishing the Chinks, at that point.
You really can’t believe anything the FedGov says about anything – bunch of fukkin liars and manipulators.
izlamo delenda est …
^^^ And if yew think they got a lot on Hunter with three lap tops PLUS, try to imagine treasure trove of evidence they had on Epstein with an island full of black books and video recordings that will never see the light of day now that Epstein can never be deposed!!
@Tim
An SKS was $99 back then, new in the box. Good times.
A RUSSIAN SKS, no less; not a crap Norinco one.
Truckbuddy,
I bought a chink one with chrome-lined barrel and matching numbers.
Good shooter, too.
Damned shame I lost it in that tragic ferry disaster crossing the Mississippi.
izlamo delenda est …