What is your thought about countries that sell arms?

[msc545]

According to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, the United States remains the world's largest arms exporter responsible for 38.6 percent of international arms sales between 2017 and 2021, up from 32.2 percent between 2012 and 2016. During the most recent time span, the country supplied arms to more than 100 countries.

https://www.statista.com/chart/18417/global-weapons-exports/

[lightbulb27]

We need to stop selling peoples arms, it's ridiculous when you get mismatches... makes very hard to find clothes that fit.

... beyondthat...

India wants to get into it.

This all about security... the arms industry has to birth fear in order to have a solid market.

It's bad, but it's good for business and creativity and economy and won't end as long as humans are insecure, selfish, and greed rules.

[Guardian45]

Well, that's not surprising I guess. Man has succeeded as a species by always "improving" the way we kill each other. We are The Apex Predator, and will wipe out ourselves and everyone else out of existence if we are NOT careful!

[Guardian45]

Thank you for MHO!

[cloud9vortex1234]

The countries are buying them so why not sell them? Also, why is your question just about the sellers? Don't the buyers have any responsibility in this?

[msc545]

You should write a question about buyers. I mean, people buy meth too, but that doesn't mean anyone should sell it...

[cloud9vortex1234]

It also depends on what your selling. I don't see any benefits of buying meth since the buyer is hurting himself. I've known Meth-Heads and there were no benefits from what I saw. At least when a country is buying arms there doing for Self-Defense.

[msc545]

You don't really know much about drugs, do you?

[cloud9vortex1234]

I know enough to know the consequences of how it affected the people around me. I thought this discussion was about arms, or is it about drugs?

[msc545]

Selling drugs is criminal. So is selling arms, or if it isn't it should be.

[cloud9vortex1234]

Yes, of course, I don't support Drug Dealers, but I do believe if countries want to buy arms then they should be able to do that. Plus, it helps provide jobs to American Workers. They buy from us because we make the Best Weapons. At least we're then Russia when it comes to selling arms. They will sell anybody and everybody. We actually have some standard before selling arms. An example would be we don't sell to governments that gun down protesters because that doesn't align with our values.

[cloud9vortex1234]

I left out better. I meant to put better then Russia.

[msc545]

We gunned down protesters here in the US in case you haven't noticed

[cloud9vortex1234]

No, I didn't, where was that at?

[msc545]

I think it was Atlanta.

[cloud9vortex1234]

I looked it up. I couldn't find anything about cops firing into a crowd of protesters. I did read about
1 protester shooting at the police and, of course, the police shot him, but as far as firing indiscriminately into a crowd of protesters, I could find nothing about that. That would of been on the National News

[msc545]

Kent State massacre by National Guard, 1970

[cloud9vortex1234]

Yes, of course that's bad, but that's a lot different then having Peaceful Protesters gunned down be Official State Policy

[OddBeMe]

Yeah…don’t like. But I’m pro capitalism and pro regulation. Countries buying guns better regulate them.

[msc545]

The US basically does not regulate guns.

[OddBeMe]

Well…yeah. We have regulations. They’re either not good enough or they’re unenforced.

[msc545]

I think that mostly they're uninforced

[FilmGuy93]

Not a fan... But, I get that countries need to make money

[Leopard23]

Germany arms are the best. Hk416, I wish I could afford this as my AR15 platform.

[exitseven]

People will always find reasons to hate each other. Somebody has to sell the guns.