The Stoner Arms Dealers: How Two American Kids Became Big-Time Weapons Traders And how the Pentagon later turned on them

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Edward Ericson Jr.
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by Edward Ericson Jr. - Mar. 30, 2011

great story, reads like the movie it will probably be. only problem is the near complete absence of parental influence. Diveroli took over a shell company set up by his father. he used (presumably) his family's Swiss middleman to broker his deals. His financing came from the family's Utah-based gun-maker/financer. Even had his uncle's wife come in and keep the office straight. One can concede that these stoners were not total puppets and still write some about the obvious boost they must have got from Diveroli's elders. One could even argue that but for those elders, their contacts and experience, these young dudes would still be providing massages and/or flipping burgers, like normal slackers.

The piece reads beautifully but seriously stints on the adult supervision. It must've been there. As is, it's too much like a Charlie Brown comic strip.

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