In recent weeks much of the world's attention has been focused on the failing health and eventual death of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat. To some of his supporters, he was a statesman, to many others he was the epitome of the 20th century revolutionary and terrorist. This month has also seen celebrations in Russia for the 85th birthday of Mikhail Kalashnikov — the designer of the ubiquitous Kalashnikov military rifle. In his younger days, Arafat could more... (GunPolicy.org)