" Or are they a "private" venture?"
Does it matter - it is the trivialization of death at a time when we are being asked to give tribute to the dead - just down down the road from where the millions of dead are honoured.
Just you7 have just treivialised the selling of weapons to mass murderers and despots.
Of course they'd buy them off those you mentioned - that makes selling them OK doesn't it - of course the profits would go into the British economy if they bought them from us - finefor some, I suppose!!
Different strokes for different blokes (or blokessses) I suppose
Jim Carroll