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Sabtu, 19/03/2022 17:45 WIB

Perusahaan senjata milik keluarga Adrian Kellgren di Florida mengirim senjata senapan semi-otomatis senilai $200,000.

1/10 Adrian Kellgren, director of industrial production of KelTec, holds a 9mm SUB2000 rifle, similar to ones being shipped to Ukraine, at their manufacturing facility on Thursday, March 17, 2022, in Cocoa, Fla. Kellgren’s family-owned gun company was left holding a $200,000 shipment of semi-automatic rifles after a longtime customer in Odessa suddenly went silent during Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine. Fearing the worst, the company decided to put those stranded 400 guns to good use, sending them to Ukraine's nascent resistance movement. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack)

Adrian Kellgren, direktur produksi industri KelTec, memegang senapan SUB2000 9mm yang siap bakal dikirim ke Ukraina. Perusahaan senjata milik keluarga Adrian Kellgren di Florida mengirim senjata senapan semi-otomatis senilai $200,000. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack)

2/10 Adrian Kellgren, director of industrial production of KelTec, holds a 9mm SUB2000 rifle, similar to ones being shipped to Ukraine, at their manufacturing facility on Thursday, March 17, 2022, in Cocoa, Fla. Kellgren’s family-owned gun company was left holding a $200,000 shipment of semi-automatic rifles after a longtime customer in Odessa suddenly went silent during Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine. Fearing the worst, the company decided to put those stranded 400 guns to good use, sending them to Ukraine's nascent resistance movement. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack)

Khawatir yang terburuk, Kellgren dan perusahaannya KelTec memutuskan untuk menggunakan 400 senjata yang telah lama disimpan dan mengirimnya ke gerakan perlawanan Ukraina membantu warga sipil melawan militer Rusia yang telah berulang kali menembaki gedung apartemen, sekolah, rumah sakit, dan tempat persembunyian mereka.  (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack)

3/10 Adrian Kellgren, director of industrial production of KelTec, holds a 9mm SUB2000 rifle, similar to ones being shipped to Ukraine, at their manufacturing facility on Thursday, March 17, 2022, in Cocoa, Fla. Kellgren’s family-owned gun company was left holding a $200,000 shipment of semi-automatic rifles after a longtime customer in Odessa suddenly went silent during Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine. Fearing the worst, the company decided to put those stranded 400 guns to good use, sending them to Ukraine's nascent resistance movement. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack)

"Rakyat Amerika ingin melakukan sesuatu," kata Kellgren, mantan pilot Angkatan Laut AS. "Kami menikmati kebebasan kami, kami menghargai hal-hal itu. Dan ketika kami melihat sekelompok orang di luar sana dipukul seperti ini, itu memilukan."(AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack)

4/10 Adrian Kellgren, director of industrial production of KelTec, holds a 9mm SUB2000 rifle, similar to ones being shipped to Ukraine, at their manufacturing facility on Thursday, March 17, 2022, in Cocoa, Fla. Kellgren’s family-owned gun company was left holding a $200,000 shipment of semi-automatic rifles after a longtime customer in Odessa suddenly went silent during Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine. Fearing the worst, the company decided to put those stranded 400 guns to good use, sending them to Ukraine's nascent resistance movement. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack)

Sumbangan KelTec berbasis kakao adalah contoh terkenal dari orang Amerika yang mengumpulkan senjata, amunisi, pelindung tubuh, helm, dan perlengkapan taktis lainnya sebagai tanggapan atas janji Presiden Ukraina Volodymyr Zelenskyy untuk mempersenjatai warganya. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack)

5/10 Adrian Kellgren, director of industrial production of KelTec, holds a 9mm SUB2000 rifle, similar to ones being shipped to Ukraine, at their manufacturing facility on Thursday, March 17, 2022, in Cocoa, Fla. Kellgren’s family-owned gun company was left holding a $200,000 shipment of semi-automatic rifles after a longtime customer in Odessa suddenly went silent during Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine. Fearing the worst, the company decided to put those stranded 400 guns to good use, sending them to Ukraine's nascent resistance movement. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack)

Kellgren, yang telah berurusan dengan birokrasi selama bertahun-tahun, berhasil terhubung melalui tetangga Ukraina dengan seorang diplomat di Kedutaan Besar Ukraina yang membantunya mendapatkan lisensi ekspor senjata federal hanya dalam empat hari. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack)

6/10 Adrian Kellgren, director of industrial production of KelTec, holds a 9mm SUB2000 rifle, similar to ones being shipped to Ukraine, at their manufacturing facility on Thursday, March 17, 2022, in Cocoa, Fla. Kellgren’s family-owned gun company was left holding a $200,000 shipment of semi-automatic rifles after a longtime customer in Odessa suddenly went silent during Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine. Fearing the worst, the company decided to put those stranded 400 guns to good use, sending them to Ukraine's nascent resistance movement. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack)

Proses itu seringkali bisa memakan waktu berbulan-bulan. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack)

7/10 Adrian Kellgren, director of industrial production of KelTec, holds a 9mm SUB2000 rifle, similar to ones being shipped to Ukraine, at their manufacturing facility on Thursday, March 17, 2022, in Cocoa, Fla. Kellgren’s family-owned gun company was left holding a $200,000 shipment of semi-automatic rifles after a longtime customer in Odessa suddenly went silent during Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine. Fearing the worst, the company decided to put those stranded 400 guns to good use, sending them to Ukraine's nascent resistance movement. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack)

Minggu ini, ketika Kongres memperdebatkan apakah akan mengirim senjata dan sistem pertahanan yang lebih canggih ke Ukraina, para pekerja di gudang KelTec mengangkat empat palet terbungkus plastik berisi senapan lipat 9 mm mereka untuk dikirim ke fasilitas rahasia yang dijalankan NATO. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack)

8/10 Adrian Kellgren, director of industrial production of KelTec, holds a 9mm SUB2000 rifle, similar to ones being shipped to Ukraine, at their manufacturing facility on Thursday, March 17, 2022, in Cocoa, Fla. Kellgren’s family-owned gun company was left holding a $200,000 shipment of semi-automatic rifles after a longtime customer in Odessa suddenly went silent during Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine. Fearing the worst, the company decided to put those stranded 400 guns to good use, sending them to Ukraine's nascent resistance movement. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack)

Dari California hingga New York, pejabat terpilih, departemen sheriff, dan organisasi nirlaba mengatakan mereka juga telah mengumpulkan ribuan set pelindung tubuh dan jutaan amunisi untuk Ukraina. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack)

9/10 Adrian Kellgren, director of industrial production of KelTec, holds a 9mm SUB2000 rifle, similar to ones being shipped to Ukraine, at their manufacturing facility on Thursday, March 17, 2022, in Cocoa, Fla. Kellgren’s family-owned gun company was left holding a $200,000 shipment of semi-automatic rifles after a longtime customer in Odessa suddenly went silent during Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine. Fearing the worst, the company decided to put those stranded 400 guns to good use, sending them to Ukraine's nascent resistance movement. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack)

Yayasan Olahraga Menembak Nasional, sebuah kelompok perdagangan untuk produsen senjata api, minggu ini mendistribusikan petunjuk langkah demi langkah kepada lebih dari 8.000 anggotanya tentang cara mengajukan izin ekspor yang dipercepat. Mereka juga memberikan daftar senapan sniper, pistol, dan amunisi khusus yang diminta oleh Kedutaan Besar Ukraina di Washington. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack)

10/10 Adrian Kellgren, director of industrial production of KelTec, holds a 9mm SUB2000 rifle, similar to ones being shipped to Ukraine, at their manufacturing facility on Thursday, March 17, 2022, in Cocoa, Fla. Kellgren’s family-owned gun company was left holding a $200,000 shipment of semi-automatic rifles after a longtime customer in Odessa suddenly went silent during Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine. Fearing the worst, the company decided to put those stranded 400 guns to good use, sending them to Ukraine's nascent resistance movement. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack)

Senapan semi-otomatis KelTec yang dikirim mungkin bahkan lebih berharga daripada rudal anti-pesawat berteknologi tinggi yang membutuhkan pelatihan ekstensif di luar jangkauan sebagian besar warga sipil, banyak di antaranya bahkan belum pernah memegang senjata sebelumnya, katanya. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack)