THE NORTH RIDING PROJECT

The AK can fire in the most disparate conditions.  It won’t jam, will shoot even when crammed with dirt or soaking wet, is comfortable to hold, and has a feather trigger that even a child can pull.  Luck, error, imprecision – all the elements that might spare a life in battle – are eliminated by the certainty of the AK-47.  “It can turn even a monkey into a combatant,” as Laurent Kabila, the fearsome Congolese political leader, used to say.

Saviano/Gomorrah