That is called ORGANISED CRIME.
Criminals are trained, well-paid, and take over entire communities.
More often than not, the people in these communities wouldn't classify 300 dollars as cheap.
You have absolutely no idea of what goes on outside the US it seems.
They aren't bought from the military. They are bought from the industry, since they don't REALLY need to select who they are selling to on a world scale - no one is doing that control.
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