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Well, yes? Many allied soldiers took such things home as trophies of the Nazis they killed.
I mean, duh, but let’s be honest here man there’s like 2 and a half reasons to buy “nazi branded merchandise”
You are a giant history buff, historian, etc, and you simply collect artifacts from that period. If you are this, you probably aren’t picking random things from your local gun store, but maybe you are.
You are a nazi
You are a “history buff” that, for some reason, only collects nazi memorabilia.
Now, I’m sure some history buffs go to gun stores for that kind of thing. But let’s imagine the broad spectrum of gun store clientele.
If I could I'd buy a kar 98k and put it somewhere nice at home
War trophies are really common for gun shops/shows, due to the proximity between gun culture and professional soldiers (who actually collected the trophies). You focus on Nazi, and it's certainly true there are an abundance due to the scale of the conflict, but you can also find Imperial Japanese trophies and other random things some times.
…. Yeah man, I focus on Nazi because that’s what’s mentioned in the post lmao
And the post focuses on it because of the abundance of Nazi war trophies, due to how recent and how massive the conflict was. This shouldn't be difficult to understand, but too many people go looking for reasons to shoehorn something into their preconceived notions rather than actually attempting to understand it.
… I think you might be overthinking things a bit man. Gun stores have a lot of Nazi merch. A lot of people in the US are literal Nazis who buy nazi merch. Many Nazis get their nazi things from gun stores. It’s a funny joke.
Are you like… a ‘collector’ yourself or similar? You seem oddly invested in making sure everyone knows that not every single person who owns something with a swastika on it is racist, when I think that’s implicitly known
My explanation is a direct line between professional soldiers taking trophies from the Nazis they killed and gun stores having a fair stock of Nazi war trophies for sale. You're the one attempting to imply extra information.
No, they really aren't? I live in Oklahoma, there's a gun store every couple blocks. I've never been in one that has any real Nazi war loot, nor one that regularly displays Nazi memorabilia.
That's for the gun shows, where they sell a ton of replica Nazi memorabilia. I've never seen a historical piece displayed or for sale.
More than likely, anything you've actually seen at a gun store or gun show are just reproductions.
Or, maybe, German guns are just well made (generally)?
Okay… once again man… OP is talking about buying Nazi flags and pins and shit. Not buying 1940s Nazi rifles because I guess you just think they’ll shoot good at the range
Generally. Nazi period (esp. Later) equipment tended to fall off quality-wise.
No way! German engineering is obviously superior when it works. This is obviously just a user error.
Who told you to drive the tank through mud!
Tends to happen when your country implodes.
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