Everywhere I went on my job covering conflict, the Kalashnikov was the predominant arm. — C. J. Chivers Copy Share Image
It appears that the murder rate inside prisons is ten times higher than that outside prisons. It must be due to all… — Jeff Cooper Copy Share Image
Not long ago it was easy to tell who the bad guys were. They carried Kalashnikovs. Now it is much more complicated,… — Jeff Cooper Copy Share Image
The automatic Kalashnikov is a tool, an implement designed for ordinary men, without much training or undue complications, to kill other men,… — C. J. Chivers Copy Share Image
For many observers, a child who has known nothing but war, a child for whom the Kalashnikov is the only way to… — Ishmael Beah Copy Share Image
“Within a very few years the Kalashnikov’s attributes—its mechanical characteristics combined with its unprecedented availability—transformed Stalin’s rifle, conceived as a tool of… — C.J. Chivers Copy Share Image
My father was convinced the Taliban would hunt him down and kill him, but he again refused security from the police. 'If… — Malala Yousafzai Copy Share Image
“The weapon, which Kalashnikov emphasizes as a defensive tool and a shared monument to the population’s creative energy, was rather a marker… — C.J. Chivers Copy Share Image
Certainly the automatic Kalashnikov's ease of use and durability make it desirable for all sorts of people up to no good. But… — C. J. Chivers Copy Share Image
Mindless violence, well let me try to paint it. Here's the 5 steps in hopes to explain it: 1, It's me and… — K'naan Copy Share Image
Actually, in a lot of circumstances, the Kalashnikov is poorly used by people who are not especially good shots, or who are… — C. J. Chivers Copy Share Image
When I went to Afghanistan in 2003, I walked into a war zone. Entire neighborhoods had been demolished. There were an overwhelming… — Khaled Hosseini Copy Share Image
My aim was to create armaments to protect the borders of my motherland. It is not my fault that the Kalashnikov became… — Mikhail Kalashnikov Copy Share Image
