Afghan Army Gets M16’s

The U.S. government is giving the Afghan government, at no cost, sixty thousand M16 rifles.

The rifles will take six months to deliver, at a rate of ten thousand rifles a month.

Afghanistan’s army currently has a troop strength of only 57,000 soldiers. However, persistent attacks on the civilian population from Islamist terrorists has caused the Afghan government to commit to raising troops strength to 70,000 soldiers by March with an eventual goal of 200,000 soldiers.

The U.S. government is giving away sixty thousand M16’s at the same time as they are restricting my Constitutional rights to purchase one of these same rifles.

It’s a damned shame that our national government is not as protective of our freedom as their are of other peoples freedom.