This is the craziest thing ...... especially when the Presidential debate specifically talked about assault weapon bans...
In Canada we have very strict gun laws. But guns of this type arrive here through criminal enterprises, just the same...
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A coyote prowls near Los Angeles, Calif.
(ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.) — Coyote hunters in New Mexico will have the chance to compete for a couple of high-caliber grand prizes just in time for the holidays — a pair of Bushmaster AR-15 assault rifles.
A shooting range and gun store in Albuquerque is hosting a two-day contest to see who can kill the most coyotes, despite protests from environmentalists.
KOB-TV reports that Calibers Shooting Sports Center is holding the challenge for two-member teams beginning Dec. 1.
Susan Weiss, an advocate for the “Coexist with Coyotes” group, calls the competition “immoral and disgusting.”
Caliber’s owner, Ryan Burt, says he came up with the idea after he was approached by several ranchers from around the state who have been dealing with coyotes harming livestock.
Coyotes have no protection under New Mexico law.
PHOTOS: The Timeless, Ubiquitous AK-47
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Zagros Mountains, Northern Iraq, 1979
Kalashnikov's design won a state competition in 1947 (thus the name AK-47) and went into mass production two years later.
During the deep freeze of the Cold War, the Soviet Union began pouring the guns and its manufacturing know-how into almost 20 spheres of influence, including Iraq. Here, a Kurdish girl in northern Iraq uses the gun to protect her family from an attack by the Iraqi military.
The Timeless, Ubiquitous AK-47
Prague, 1968
Designed by a young Russian tank commander named Mikhail Kalashnikov, the AK-47 assault rifle has attained iconic martial status all over the world. In the photo above, Soviet-led forces, armed with the rifle, crush a reform movement in Czechoslovakia.
Wounded Knee, South Dakota, U.S., 1973
Known for their high quality, the guns have functioned perfectly even after being dug out of mud.
As word spread, more than 10 other countries began making unauthorized clones, and the guns started to appear all over the world.
This man, a member of the American Indian Movement, waves his AK-47 during the siege of Wounded Knee.
Solentiname Islands, Nicaragua, 1984
A woman and child in socialist Nicaragua train with a local defense militia to fight against the invading contras, the U.S.-backed counterrevolutionaries who sought to remove the left-wing government.
Izhevsk, Russia, 2002
Although the manufacturers of the AK-47 are proud that America likes the gun enough to support its piracy, they are outraged at the loss of profit.
The flood of knockoffs, some selling at a quarter of the price of the real thing, makes it next to impossible to do business.
The gun lines in Izhevsk, shown above, employed some 12,000 people in 1991 but support only 7,000 now.
Analysts estimate total world output of these guns at between 70 million and 105 million.
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Hamer Village, Ethiopia, 2009
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Bar Kambar Khel, Pakistan, 2008
Pakistani Taliban fighters jump out of a truck in the tribal area near the border of Afghanistan. The leader of the Taliban, Mullah Mohammad Omar, once challenged U.S. President Bush and U.K. Prime Minister Tony Blair to a duel with AK-47s. The U.S. government has again made bulk shipments of faux Kalashnikovs to Afghan forces, this time to combat al-Qaeda and the Taliban.
This picture juxtaposes the Playboy Bunny with the Koran and of course, the gun...
Dhushamareb, Somalia, 2009
A Sufi Muslim fighter attends an outdoor religion class. Traditionally nonviolent and tolerant, Sufis in Somalia have only recently picked up guns in response to attacks from al-Shabab, a hard-line Islamist group that has subjected the country's south to a reign of terror. So far, these moderates control an area in the center of the country, enjoy popular support and have fended off incursions.
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