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5 Things About the Kalashnikov
Posted: Thu Feb 12, 2009 10:34 am
by atxgun
http://www.askmen.com/entertainment/spe ... ature.html
Nice read. Keep in mind it's a general population publication. I'm not a big fan of #5 --- the AK being the "mass murders" weapon of choice. But as they point out
Ironically, the Columbine killers did not use AK-47s, but it doesn’t matter; in America gun crime is now perceived as AK crime.
Re: 5 Things About the Kalashnikov
Posted: Thu Feb 12, 2009 3:45 pm
by casingpoint
The AK-47 is the perfect weapon for children
What about Aggies?
Re: 5 Things About the Kalashnikov
Posted: Fri Feb 13, 2009 10:55 am
by RECIT
casingpoint wrote:The AK-47 is the perfect weapon for children
What about Aggies?
Now thats funny right there, I don't care who you are. You should read some of the comments on the article below. They all say what we are thinking.
Re: 5 Things About the Kalashnikov
Posted: Fri Feb 13, 2009 11:36 am
by Backslider
They should change the article title to "The author doesn't know five things about the Kalashnikov".
Re: 5 Things About the Kalashnikov
Posted: Fri Feb 13, 2009 11:56 am
by atxgun
Backslider wrote:They should change the article title to "The author doesn't know five things about the Kalashnikov".
I guess you can add me to that list then. I learned a little bit of history from reading it.
Re: 5 Things About the Kalashnikov
Posted: Fri Feb 13, 2009 1:29 pm
by Backslider
atxgun wrote:Backslider wrote:They should change the article title to "The author doesn't know five things about the Kalashnikov".
I guess you can add me to that list then. I learned a little bit of history from reading it.
I learned some things as well, but statements like "America may have given bin Laden his first AK-47" and "The AK-47 is the weapon of choice for U.S. mass murderers" that are either speculative or easily disproven don't really count as things I didn't know.
Re: 5 Things About the Kalashnikov
Posted: Sat Feb 14, 2009 11:53 am
by atxgun
Backslider wrote:atxgun wrote:Backslider wrote:They should change the article title to "The author doesn't know five things about the Kalashnikov".
I guess you can add me to that list then. I learned a little bit of history from reading it.
I learned some things as well, but statements like "America may have given bin Laden his first AK-47" and "The AK-47 is the weapon of choice for U.S. mass murderers" that are either speculative or easily disproven don't really count as things I didn't know.
I don't know if the US literally provided bin Laden with his first AK, I just viewed that as a reference to the CIA training the taliban to fight the soviets. (Please don't tell you you refute that as actual history).
Re: 5 Things About the Kalashnikov
Posted: Sat Feb 14, 2009 9:58 pm
by Backslider
atxgun wrote:I don't know if the US literally provided bin Laden with his first AK, I just viewed that as a reference to the CIA training the taliban to fight the soviets. (Please don't tell you you refute that as actual history).
Of course I don't. But a bullet point regarding US involvement in Afghanistan is largely irrelevant to a web article about the AK-47.
I know I'm expecting too much from AskMen.com.