Paris Charlie Hebdo Attack Puts Spotlight On French Gun Control Laws, Thriving Black Market - International Business Times

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When guns are outlawed only the outlaws will have guns. Even the first
police officers on the scene at the Charlie Hebdo massacre were unarmed, and
just ended up becoming victims.

Philippe Capon, the head of UNSA police union, confirmed the scenario. "The
French black market for weapons has been inundated with eastern European war
artillery and arms. They are everywhere in France," he told Bloomberg. He
said in the black market, the AK-47s, the weapons of choice by the Charlie
Hebdo gunmen, sell for 1,000 euros ($1,181) to 1,500 euros.