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Assault rifles

Dueling demonstrations in Irving, Texas: Residents supporting their local mosque hold placards critical of armed men who are intimidating those who attend the Islamic center.

A Texas town stands divided, after armed men in camouflage menace worshipers at a local mosque

Conflict

How a “fairly normal” Texas suburb became an international focus of Islamophobia.

Mikhail Kalashnikov, the designer of the AK-47 assault rifle, an acronym for "Avtomat Kalashnikov model 1947", indicating its first year of production.

Mikhail Kalashnikov and his AK-47 take a bow

Arts, Culture & Media
Kalashnikov Rifle

Mikhail Kalashnikov, has died at 94, with ‘no regrets’

Conflict & Justice
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