In what looks like a “straw deal,” Blackwater financed the purchase of 17 AK-47 rifles and 17 Bushmaster XM15 E2S rifles for the sheriff in the country where the company’s headquarters is located and gave the sheriff “unlimited access to those rifles for training and qualification, and state of emergency use” — but stored the weapons in Blackwater’s own armory.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=176287