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Muammar Qadaffi's Golden Guns
Kinda interesting, Qadaffi had a collection of golden guns.
http://www.theatlanticwire.com/globa...en-guns/43938/ Browning Hi Power, a Makarov, and a couple of others |
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That gem encrusted one doesnt look like a makarov, wonder what it is?
Calling the hi power and advanced 1911 and a beretta a hi power makes it look like noobs wrote it.
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How delightfully tacky.
And hey, Yankees Universe!
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Go figure, it's an article written by a non gun related website. |
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The jeweled one is a star dk.
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And not nearly as embarassing as The Sun the other day managing to use a picture of an AR-18 as an AK-47. You'd think journalists would at least have some idea what an AK is.
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The fuck is it with these dictators and golden guns? O.O
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I'm going to guess there's a Freudian reason here.
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I'm not that shocked that he had gold guns, I'm shocked that while fleeing for his life, as his world crumbled around him and his enemies closed in on him, he STILL CHOSE to keep a blingy gold gun as his sidearm. Now that's dedication.
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Over-compensation. Duh. Insecure people think that owning something that looks expensive and flashy is an expression of their awesomeness, instead of a desperate cry for attention to which they feel entitled. In the case of Third World dictators, it's a way for them to make themselves feel highly successful and civilized even though everyone knows that they're presiding over failed states that would collapse if not for aid money and/or oil. You know, "Look, I'm running such an awesome country that my bodyguards and special forces carry gold-plated assault rifles - even though I had to skim $1 million from my latest IMF loan to have the guns customized."
And this is Qaddafi we're talking about - a guy who was always desperate to be taken seriously in the international community, even though everyone saw him as a huge joke (including other Arab leaders, who were hardly paragons of competent governance themselves). When Qaddafi's regime started to collapse, I remember thinking that they were going to discover lots of golden guns at his residence(s), just like Saddam's. It seemed natural to expect from a man whose insecurities came out every time he opened his mouth in public. To borrow a phrase from "Fight Club", I think the yardstick of civilization is whether your country's leader has gold-plated firearms.
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