▁U . S . ▁and ▁South ▁Korea ▁agreed ▁on ▁the ▁sale ▁of ▁ 8 7 , 0 0 0 ▁M 1 ▁Gar and ▁rif les , ▁and ▁the ▁South ▁Korean ▁government ▁entered ▁into ▁discussion ▁with ▁U . S . ▁civil ian ▁arms ▁deal ers . ▁Korea ▁has ▁a ▁record ▁of ▁s elling ▁tens ▁of ▁thousands ▁of ▁M 1 ▁Gar and ▁rif les ▁to ▁the ▁U . S . ▁civil ian ▁market ▁between ▁ 1 9 8 6 ▁and ▁ 1 9 9 4 . ▁In ▁ 2 0 1 8 , ▁the ▁C MP ▁reported ▁they ▁had ▁received ▁a ▁ship ment ▁of ▁some ▁ 9 0 - plus ▁thousand ▁M 1 ▁Gar and ▁rif les ▁from ▁the ▁Philipp ine ▁Islands ▁and ▁also ▁stated ▁plans ▁to ▁restore ▁many ▁of ▁those ▁rif les ▁for ▁civil ian ▁sale . ▁ ▁In ▁August ▁ 2 0 1 3 , ▁the ▁Ob ama ▁administration ▁b anned ▁future ▁private ▁import ation ▁of ▁all ▁U . S . ▁made ▁weapons , ▁including ▁the ▁M 1 ▁Gar and . ▁Note , ▁that ▁this ▁action ▁did ▁not ▁pre clude ▁the ▁return ▁of ▁sur plus ▁U . S . ▁weapons , ▁including ▁M 1 ▁Gar ands , ▁previously ▁loan ed ▁by ▁the ▁U . S . ▁to ▁friendly ▁nations , ▁to ▁the ▁cust ody ▁of ▁the ▁U . S . ▁Government ; ▁in ▁recent ▁years , ▁the ▁C MP ▁has ▁received ▁most ▁of ▁its ▁sur plus ▁weapons ▁through ▁such ▁returns ▁from ▁foreign ▁countries . ▁However , ▁all ▁civil ian ▁and ▁military ▁fire ar