28.08.2014 - 12:33 [ Medium ]

How Much Does a Gun Cost in Kurdistan? Militants’ advance means booming business for Kurdish weapon dealers

The shop has a white tile floor, two counters with a center access hatch and two safes on the wall. Behind the counter are six American made M-16 rifles, four M-4s and several Kalashnikovs.

Weapons hang on the walls and in display cases. Practically any small-arm you can imagine is available for purchase. Kalashnikovs of all variants, a British Sterling submachine gun, German MP5 and MP5K submachine guns, a 61 Skorpion machine pistol and a wide array of handguns, shotguns and hunting rifles.

They’re all just sitting there, unlocked.