Virtually indestructible and relatively inexpensive, the AK-47 is the gun of choice for many urban drug lords and would-be terrorists. We look at the history of these killing machines, and why their designer Mikhail Kalashnikov now says he wishes he had invented a lawn mower.
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Behind the AK-47 Assault Rifle
Listen Monday, Feb. 19, 2007 at 1:32 p.m. in ConflictGuest host: Korva Coleman
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Larry Kahaner
author "AK-47: The Weapon That Changed the Face of War" (Wiley)
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