For the sniper in your life

Blackwater USA is one of the most well-known (some might say “notorious”) private security firms around. The North Carolina-based outfit has earned millions from the U.S. government and others for providing security in Iraq and Afghanistan, and it was their personnel you may have seen in the news toting AKs around New Orleans’s well-heeled Garden ...

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Blackwater USA is one of the most well-known (some might say "notorious") private security firms around. The North Carolina-based outfit has earned millions from the U.S. government and others for providing security in Iraq and Afghanistan, and it was their personnel you may have seen in the news toting AKs around New Orleans's well-heeled Garden District in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. Now, Blackwater is moving into a whole different business. Fashion. 

Blackwater USA is one of the most well-known (some might say “notorious”) private security firms around. The North Carolina-based outfit has earned millions from the U.S. government and others for providing security in Iraq and Afghanistan, and it was their personnel you may have seen in the news toting AKs around New Orleans’s well-heeled Garden District in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. Now, Blackwater is moving into a whole different business. Fashion. 

A shop in Paris is selling Blackwater-branded clothing and accessories for wannabe

mercenaries. But in case you don’t have time to hit up Paris boutiques, you can just order gear straight from Blackwater’s ProShop. There, you’ll find not just your gun holsters and slings or your armor plate vests, but also your stylish mock turtlenecks and a magazine for your Glock 17. Not to mention an etched shot glass and, uh, logo-emblazoned teddy bears. And not to worry if your bank account is running a little low this month. Just check out the clearance section. There are some hot fighting gloves I’ve got my eye on. 

Carolyn O'Hara is a senior editor at Foreign Policy.

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