AK-47 inventor pleads for more gun control

[Legionnaire]

From the Washington Times:

AK-47 inventor pleads for more gun control
By Michelle Groenke
Jun. 29, 2006 at 12:46AM

Berlin, Jun. 28 (UPI) — AK-47 inventor Mikhail Kalashnikov is calling for strict international regulation of the small arms trade.

"Because of the lack of international control over arms sales, small arms easily find their way to anywhere in the world to be used not only for national defense but by aggressors, terrorists and all kinds of criminals," Kalashnikov said in a report published by the Control Arms Campaign.

Deutsche Welle said arms control campaigners call the Kalashnikov AK-47 assault rifle "the world's favorite killing machine."

A report published by the Control Arms Campaign on Monday said up to 100 million AK-47s and variations of its design are in circulation around the world.

The report said the AK-47, which can fire 600 rounds per minute, can be bought for as little as $30 in parts of Africa.

The Control Arms Campaign -- a joint initiative by Amnesty International, Oxfam International and the International Action Network on Small Arms -- urges governments to adopt tough global standards on transfers of small arms and light weapons, control license production and secure existing stockpiles, the report said.


http://insider.washingtontimes.com/articles/view_upi.php?StoryID=20060628-103850-9984r

 

[Beren]

I wish I could legally buy a true AK-47 for $30. It'd make a great addition to the collection.

 

[beerslurpy]

Due to the lack of control over people's mind's, there is conflict in the world. Clearly we need international mind control to prevent harmful disagreements from occuring. Safety at any cost!

In other news today, unapologetic communists espouse disarmament of civilian population.

 

[Ira Aten]

We had a form of International Arms Control before

Back in WW I, Germany would sink merchant ships anywhere they were found, upon speculation a ships may be carrying munitions. That helped bring peace worldwide, sure enough.

In WW II, their submarines did the same. Same peaceful result.

In today's world, if the U.N. had the authority to enforce arms control of small weapons, (considering countries such as Iran and Yeman would most probably be heavily involved as "controlling authorities" determining who to kill and whose ships to sink, and which ships or shipments to allow to continue on their way) we would sure have about the same result in lives saved from such acts of compassion for the innocent, only on a much larger scale.