The authorities in Honduras have seized a gold-plated, jewel-encrusted AK-47 assault rifle, complete with two silver magazines.
The AK-47-style pistols resemble the AK-47 assault rifle, but with shorter barrels and without a rear stock.
Instead, the four pirates -- who had scuttled their boat when they boarded the ship armed with AK-47s -- took Phillips with them aboard the ship's 28-foot lifeboat, Quinn said.
American firearms are in high demand because Mexico's firearm laws are highly restrictive and high-powered weapons such as the AK-47-style pistol are deemed for the exclusive use of the Mexican military, U.S. prosecutors said in court documents.
He said the airstrike was on a legitimate target, noting coalition forces found a weapons cache at the site -- including AK-47s, 4, 000 rounds of ammunition, and bomb-making materials -- as well as thousands of dollars in U.S. currency.
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The Pakistani intelligence official guiding me through the compound said there were no AK-47 bullets found at the scene and he therefore surmised that the courier had been taken by surprise and was shot before he could reach for his AK-47, which was recovered leaning against the wall of the Kuwaitis' bedroom.
The world desperately needs the final agreement to ensure that no country or arms dealer will sell weapons, munitions or related equipment to governments, companies or armed groups where there is a substantial risk of those arms and ammunition -- ranging from AK-47s to bombers -- being used for atrocities or violent abuse.
The report said the U.S. commander in charge of training Iraqi forces reported about 185, 000 AK-47 rifles, 170, 000 pistols, 215, 000 items of body armor, and 140, 000 helmets were issued to Iraqi security forces as of September 2005, while the accounting books from the U.S. military contained records for only about 75, 000 AK-47 rifles, 90, 000 pistols, 80, 000 items of body armor, and 25, 000 helmets.
Co-sponsors include U.S. Senator Jeff Bingaman (D-NM), U.S. Senator Mark Begich (D-AK), U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), and U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA).
And because Iraqi police are not just facing common criminals, they are getting live-fire training with the AK-47s.
Senators Lamar Alexander (R-TN), Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), and Jeff Bingaman (D-NM) have all rallied around the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Energy (ARPA-E), hoping to shield it from major budget cuts in the following months.
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But I also believe that a lot of gun owners would agree that AK-47s belong in the hands of soldiers, not in the hands of criminals -- (applause) -- that they belong on the battlefield of war, not on the streets of our cities.
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The AK-47, for example, is widely available to private citizens around the U.S. as a semi-automatic version (firing one shot each time the trigger is pulled), but the military grade fully automatic (continuous fire while the trigger is depressed) model is illegal almost everywhere.
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He also said in New Orleans that AK-47s belong on the battlefield, not on the streets.
In 1919, Mikhail Kalashnikov, Russian engineer and designer of the AK-47 rifle that bears his name, born.
They only have two things in common, they are all Sunni and they carry the AK-47 assault rifle.
Dossevi, who plays for French club Nantes, said armed rebels with AK-47s opened fire on the team bus.
Togo striker Thomas Dossevi, who plays for French team Nantes, told CNN "armed rebels" with AK-47s had opened fire.
The agent said firearms also were discovered including a Romanian AK-M assault rifle.
Prosecutors said Muse was the first to board the Maersk Alabama, firing his AK-47 assault rifle at Capt Phillips.
His protection is a battered AK-47 and a new blue British armored vest.
The Soviet-designed automatic assault rifle, the Avtomat Kalashnikova, was first manufactured in 1947 (hence its commonest version, the AK-47).
Ahmet Turhan, the AK-appointed governor of Batman province, thinks some of them can.
Court documents said Muse was the first to board the vessel, firing his AK-47 assault rifle at Captain Richard Phillips.
Prosecutors said they collected at least 30 shell casings from a variety of weapons, including several bullet casings from an AK-47.
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Mr. Beattie gathered a small team of scouts, who all carry AK-47s, and headed out in search of poachers or wounded elephants.
More pertinently, it is nearly double the range of the AK-47, a rifle of Soviet design that is used by many insurgent groups.
The A.U. troops are mostly equipped with AK-47 assault rifles.
The artist known for working with chainsaws, neon lights and AK-47s is perhaps most famous for flanking his charred Ferrari 355 Spider with birch trunks and installing it inside a mirrored cube.
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