Here’s What You Need To Remember: That the AK-47 beat out the AK-46 is less important than the AK-47’s legacy as the most ubiquitous gun pattern ever created. AK-46 or 47—it doesn’t matter ...

In his new book, The Gun, Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter C.J. Chivers traces the history of AK-47. The weapon's availability, ease of use and durability, Chivers says, have allowed insurgents to ...

It is no accident that C.J. Chivers opens “The Gun” — his bold history of the AK-47 — not with the loud crack of this rifle’s report but with the monstrous bang of the first detonation ...

It is no accident that C. J. Chivers opens “The Gun,” his bold history of the AK-47, not with the loud crack that is the report of the rifle but with the monstrous bang of the first detonation ...

AK-47s account for a high proportion – and quite possibly the majority – of this human toll. In the 68 years since the first prototype was made, the AK-47 has probably dealt death to millions.

The AK-47 was created by the Soviets after World War II and changed the way war is fought. Pulitzer Prize-winning war correspondent C.J. Chivers explains how the gun became the weapon of choice ...

The next morning I do exactly that before tossing my AK in the trunk and heading to a gun store so busy I have to take a number. I pick up a barrel cleaner, a 10-round magazine, and 40 bullets ...

At the right price, a good quality AK-47 can outperform a bad stock. "Price is what you pay; value is what you get. Whether we're talking about socks or stocks, I like buying quality merchandise ...

Stephen Gutowski, founder of gun news website TheReload.com, responded in a Tweet Wednesday: "I have good news for Mr. Ballard, an 18-year-old can not just 'walk in and by an AK-15 automatic weapon.' ...

Gun owners will get 8,700 pesos ($430) for a revolver, 25,000 pesos ($1,200) for an AK-47 rifle and 26,450 pesos ($1,300) for a machine gun. The firearms are then to be destroyed.