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Why is the AK-47 Kalashnikov assault rifle the first weapon of choice for insurgents and rebels in almost every conflict?

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First focus on this: Is the AK-47 the first weapon of choice for insurgents and rebels? Which assault rifle would they prefer over it ? Probably something more expensive… cost does relate with function. The FN SCAR and HK-416 are some examples of this. The British SA-80, French FAMAS, Chinese QBZ-95, IWI Tavor, Steyr Aug, and M4 are all some options that a client rebel group  if it had the luxury of choice. They all have trending features of the modern times which 1960’s era AKM’s do not; lighter and tougher materials, modularity, a more evolved caliber than the WWII-era designed 7.62x39mm, and their own fundamental design differences from the Kalashnikov. There is a multi-generational gap in technology in what is called “ AK-47 ” and the assault rifles that exist today. So the answer is  no the AK-47 is not seriously a weapon of choice for anybody.  Any operator would in the least prefer a more modern derivative of the AK-47; the AK-74, AK-74M, AK-12, or t...
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  GUN CONTROL NARRATIVE SHIFTS AS MORE AMERICANS SEE IMPORTANCE OF 2A POSTED ON  FEBRUARY 3, 2021  BY  RICARDO PARKER 03 Feb The events of 2020 have many Americans rethinking their stance on guns. Read on to find out why. (Photo: Kashif Ali /Gunsexpresszone.com ) The narrative on guns in the U.S. has taken a dramatic shift in 2020 amid a global pandemic and civil unrest that led thousands into the streets in protest. While the future remains unclear, leaving many Americans wondering what the remaining months of 2020, an election year, have in store, there is one thing that seems rather certain — the argument in favor of gun control just got a little murkier. With the National Shooting Sports Foundation reporting 40 percent of gun purchases coming from new gun owners, this year has seen previously anti-gun supporters jumping the party line to grab a gun of their own. Second Amendment Foundation founder and Executive Vice President Alan Gottlieb told Guns.com that COVI...