April 22, 2004

AK-47s Bound for NY

Police seize Kalashnikovs from New York-bound ship

"Authorities in southern Italy seized about 7,500 Kalashnikov assault rifles and other combat-grade firearms from a ship headed for New York, officials said Tuesday."

There's a good story in the latest issue of Foreign Policy magazine about the global trade of Kalashnikovs, aka AK-47s. You can pick up one of these guns for $10 in some parts of the world. It's not online yet... otherwise I'd link you to it.

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posted by at April 22, 2004 6:04 PM