AK47 Weapon of Choice
AK47 Weapon of Choice
- Medium
- 13 laser cut, painted and glued 9mm mdf panels
- Produced
- 2012
- Size
- 935 x 3000 x 150mm
- Price
- $25,000.00
- Collection
- Tribute Show
- Artist
- McLACHLAN, Greg
- Artist
- BARWELL, Bronwyn
- Artist
- PAGE, Greg
- Artist
- CALLAGHAN, Michael
- Description
- The AK 47 is possibly the most effective killing machine in human history - killing a quarter of a million people every year, in every corner of the globe and representing a fifth of the 500 million firearms in circulation around the world today.It is used to massacre, maim, rape and abuse, torture, and fuel violent crime in countries as diverse as Afghanistan, Britain, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Iraq, Mexico, Sierra Leone, the USA, Venezuela, and Yemen. There is still no global treaty to regulate the sale of these small arms and no international organisation to effectively monitor the international transfers of small arms and light weapons.As a result the Kalashnikov assault rifles are now a truly global commodity- traded, warehoused, and produced in more countries than ever.Small arms, the bottom feeder in the international arms trade are sold by an international networks of companies, government agencies, and individuals in Europe, the Middle East, North America and elsewhere. These market facilitators – both private contractors and Western governments (directly or indirectly) are increasingly involved in complex supply chains to deliver AK-47 assault rifles and their variants across the globe using brokering networks, freight-forwarders, transport firms, off-shore bank accounts, and other inter-connected companies. The AK47 is the ultimate iconic boy’s toy - cheap killing candy traded indiscriminately and with deadly consequences.You can take a child off the street anywhere in the world, sit them down, and teach them to operate an AK-47 in the space of a few hours.
