Choices Quote by C. J. Chivers

The automatic Kalashnikov is a tool, an implement designed for ordinary men, without much training or undue complications, to kill other men, and to…

— C. J. Chivers

Actually, in a lot of circumstances, the Kalashnikov is poorly used by people who are not especially good shots, or who are outright bad…

— C. J. Chivers

“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 the state,…

— C.J. Chivers

“The weapon, which Kalashnikov emphasizes as a defensive tool and a shared monument to the population’s creative energy, was rather a marker of the…

— C.J. Chivers

If people want to own a rifle or something like that for hunting purposes only, I tend to agree with that. But semi-automatic weapons…

— Johnny Van Zant

It is not rifles but people who triumph, and the conclusion from all the wars is that we need better people, not better rifles…

— Shimon Peres

I do not consider the AK to be the best-ever assault rifle.

— Mikhail Kalashnikov

My aim was to create armaments to protect the borders of my motherland. It is not my fault that the Kalashnikov became very well-known…

— Mikhail Kalashnikov

I think that a lot of people who like training with guns are probably drawn to it not only for practical reasons, but also…

— Jonathan Gottschall

The truth is that any good modern rifle is good enough. The determining factor is the man behind the gun.

— Theodore Roosevelt

I've learned that guns are exceptionally challenging to use effectively, with a power that must be respected. But mostly what I've learned is that…

— Trieste Kelly Dunn

I do not believe in taking away the right of the citizen for sporting, for hunting and so forth, or for home defense. But…

— Ronald Reagan