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Due to the negative cultural associations this firearm has acquired amongst Americans unfamiliar with firearms, the news media often exploits the AK-47 meme for the purposes of sensationalism. If a crime is committed with a semi-automatic AK-47 variants (such as a Romanian WASR), the news media deliberately misleads the viewer into believing that a fully-automatic variant (which in reality costs $12,000 or more in the United States) was used in the crime. Further, the news media is quick to exploit any unclear descriptions of long-guns by assuming them to be an "AK-47 assault weapon", even when the firearm used was an unrelated SKS ('''Samozaryadanaya Karabina Simonova'''), a shotgun, or even a .22 caliber rifle. This sensationalism allows the media to draw parallels between petty crime and the violent images Americans see in Hollywood films and in carefully-edited news reports, causing a state of fear which can then be further exploited for profit or political agenda.
Due to the negative cultural associations this firearm has acquired amongst Americans unfamiliar with firearms, the news media often exploits the AK-47 meme for the purposes of sensationalism. If a crime is committed with a semi-automatic AK-47 variants (such as a Romanian WASR), the news media deliberately misleads the viewer into believing that a fully-automatic variant (which in reality costs $12,000 or more in the United States) was used in the crime. Further, the news media is quick to exploit any unclear descriptions of long-guns by assuming them to be an "AK-47 assault weapon", even when the firearm used was an unrelated SKS ('''Samozaryadanaya Karabina Simonova'''), a shotgun, or even a .22 caliber rifle. This sensationalism allows the media to draw parallels between petty crime and the violent images Americans see in Hollywood films and in carefully-edited news reports, causing a state of fear which can then be further exploited for profit or political agenda.
== Muslim Terrorist Attacks using AK-47's==
On the 7th of January 2015, [[Muslim]] [[jihadism|jihad]] [[terrorist]]s attacked with AK-47's in the [[liberal]] [[gun free zone]] of [[Paris]] at [[Charlie Hebdo]]. Charlie Hebdo is a [[left wing]] [[atheist]] [[socialist]] [[French]] [[satirical]] weekly newspaper that features generally [[vulgar]] [[cartoon]]s (often with stylized cartoon versions of [[homosexual]] acts on the cover), articles and [[profanity|profane]] jokes that "celebrate" [[freedom of speech]] for [[liberal values]]. At their offices, three [[extremist]] [[Islamic]] terrorist French-born males armed with fully-automatic [[AK-47]]s [[murder]]ed, [[execution]]-style, 10 of the staff and 2 [[law enforcement|policeman]] and wounded other ten people. Well known staff [[socialist]] cartoonists Charb, Cabu, Honoré, Tignous and Wolinski were all killed.<ref>http://cnsnews.com/news/article/world-expresses-shock-attack-charlie-hebdo-newspaper</ref>
==See Also==
* [[Battle rifle]] versus [[Assault rifle]]
* [[Essay:France Pays Dearly - Gun Control Laws and Gun Free Zones that Welcome Terrorists]]
* [[Gun control]] - key element to create a [[Muslim]] [[theocracy]] [[police state]]
* [[:Category:Terrorism|Terrorism]]
* [[Invest in tangibles]]
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