Hi,
Holy crap, lol...ok so let me get 1 step more in depth in this conversation. Buckle your seatbelts because this is my PERSONAL and DIRECT experience and knowledge, not what I read on a firearms blog, haha.
1. Do you even know what a MLA consist of in regards to what the license holder can and cannot do? I only ask because clearly you do not if you think MKE can do as they wish just because they own some tooling. You do realize that H&K inspects MKE corporate information 2x a year to ensure MKE is paying the proper agreement fees but most importantly to ensure MKE is NOT selling to somewhere that the MLA restricts.
I personally in my OWN businesses have signed 3 different MLAs over my industry career and have facilitated over 3 dozen while working for DDTC and US Chamber of Commerce with the specialty in International Joint Ventures of firearm and defense industry companies.
2. Kalishnikov still shows that when a USA market gets cut off from other parts of the world they will jump through hoops to reestablish it via other means. O and that "other" company you are thinking of is Rosoboron Export....They control ALL firearms and military equipment export from Russia including MLA, Technology Transfers, and JVs.
3. Let me guess...you read somewhere that Turkey, Italy, etc has cheaper labor rates than USA, lol...Have you seen the price of real Italian shotguns? Have you visited Italian firearm manufacturers and seen what they have to do in regards of firearm storage? Do you know the security measures Turkish firearm manufacturers have to put in place for the section of the facility that engraves the firearms?
4. Taxes, transportation, fuel, property, etc etc.....How many businesses (Doesn't have to be in the firearms industry either) do you own? I only ask because clearly you have absolutely no idea on how businesses work. For example; I personally pay no property taxes for the next 10 years on my firearms business. I personally pay a drastically reduced local/State tax over the next 10 years and after that it is subject to how many employees I have. I personally pay reduced payroll taxes for the next 5 years and after that it is subject to how many employees I have.
Fuel, lololololol....In Istanbul it ranges from 85-101 US cents per liter. That is higher than what I pay here in Louisiana per gallon. In Prague it ranges from 1.11-1.17 USD per liter. List goes on and on.
Property----On your next trip to Tuscany region of Italy go visit some commercial real estate properties and get back with me, lolol
5. And the ol Glock tenifer debacle....You know how I know you are not as in depth in the firearms industry as you may think?? You parroted the public statement story instead of the real story. Real story is because Glock USA former CEO (Paul) whom got locked up in prison overseas for several years was undercutting Glock Austria in the Israeli market and the coating change was done to provide easier evidence of such but please feel free to continue believing the environmental boogeyman story.
6. The market....ummm that is an easy one. The USA commercial market is the largest firearms market on this planet; hands down!!
7. I do this for a living, I can go on and on with direct first hand experience and not what www said.
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Sincerely,
Theis