United States
Easy Theft Loses US Gun Show Dealer 20+ Machine Guns, Sniper Rifles
Phoenix (Pennsylvania)
25 Dec 2008
UPPER MERION -- More than 20 firearms were stolen from a gun dealer's pickup truck after he left a gun show at the Valley Forge Convention Center on Sunday, and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) is offering a $10,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the thieves, according to the Upper Merion Police Department. The stolen firearms, which include machine guns and sniper rifles, are valued at more than $200,000. The theft occurred when the dealer was having dinner at Kildare's Irish Pub on Route 202 across from King of Prussia Mall. The victim reported the theft at 8:30 p.m. Sunday, according to... ( gunpolicy.org )
United Nations
Global Gun Control Campaign Spotlights AK-47: 'Today's WMD of Choice'
Straits Times (Singapore)
25 Dec 2008
Terrorists used it in the recent attacks on Mumbai. Pirates have used it to attack merchant shipping in the Gulf of Aden. Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden uses it as a background prop whenever he broadcasts another fiery denunciation of the United States and the West. Weapons of mass destruction such as the atomic bomb have stoked fears of a nuclear apocalypse. But when the history of the late 20th century is finally written, the humble AK-47 assault rifle will arguably take pride of place as the world's most destructive weapon of mass destruction. The nuclear bombs dropped on Nagasaki and Hiroshima in August 1945 killed up to 200,000 people. The AK-47,... ( gunpolicy.org )
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