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Politics : Canadian Political Free-for-All
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To: AK2004 who wrote (10079)8/4/2006 2:03:09 PM
From: seventh_son  Read Replies (1) of 37324
 
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"The AK-47 is simple and inexpensive to manufacture and easy to clean and maintain. Its ruggedness and reliability are legendary."

I found it hard to believe that this kind of weapon could be manufactured by tribal people out in the wilds when I was told that, but the source was someone who has a Phd in physics and who also had virtually a private museum of miltary collectibles. In fact his wife was in the US military and when they went poking around where these weapons were being sold, they came close to being killed. This was way back around 1993 or so.

When you read about these Pashtun people, you understand that they have a military culture where almost everyone has and carries a gun, and they have a cultural imperative of being totally independent -- thus the emphasis on going to such lengths as to make these weapons themselves.
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